Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group's first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, James 'Blood' Ulmer,Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go.
These are photos from concerts where Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Bumbershoot 1989 Sep 2 - 4, 1989 Seattle, Washington, United States Uploaded by Wave
