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Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was a jazz drummer.
Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman's quartet around 1960. He's known as one of the great innovators of the free jazz of the 1960s, fusing New Orleans and African rhythms with bebop. After years of kidney problems, he died in 1992.
Selected Discography
Ornette Coleman
- This Is Our Music
- Ornette On Tenor
- Ornette!
- Free Jazz
- Eric Dolphy/Booker Little
Dewey Redman
Old And New Dreams
- Old And New Dreams (Black Saint)
- Old And New Dreams (ECM)
- Playing
- Tribute To Ed Blackwell
David Murray
Joe Lovano
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