Art Blakey
Drummer
Grammy Award-winning hard bop drummer who performed with the Jazz Messengers. He was a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2005.
He taught himself the drums after learning how to play the piano.
He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
He grew up with foster parents who were devout Seventh Day Adventists.
Blakey and Dave Brubeck were both accomplished jazz musicians.