
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey was honored with a historical marker placed at his boyhood home in the Hill District, reports Yahoo.com
Musicians followed Sunday's unveiling ceremony with nearly two hours of music, including some of the jazz drummer's work.
Blakey, a one-man "musical university" who nurtured stars such as Wynton Marsalis and Chuck Mangione, died of lung cancer in 1990 at age 71.
Along with Kenny Clarke a...
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