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The inventor of the Bebop!

Art Blakey is simply with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach one of the inventors of the modern bebop drum style.

Notorious music group / collaborations of Art Blakey:

The Jazz Messengers; Erroll Garner; Chick Webb; Mary Lou Williams; Fletcher Henderson; Billy Eckstine; Miles Davis; Bud Powell; Thelonious Monk; Horace Silver; Clifford Brown; Lou Donaldson; Curly Russell; Wayne Shorter; Lee Morgan; Curtis Fuller; Bobby Timmons; Wynton Marsalis; Terence Blanchard; Donald Harrison; Kenny Garrett...

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Legendary drummer Art Blakey

The inventor of the Bebop!