Please join us in wishing the great educator, musician & JazzCorner roster artist Bobby Watson a joyous 70th birthday. For more than 5 decades, he's been carrying on the message of #Jazz. While he attended the University of Miami, he also attended the University of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers. Happy birthday Bobby, we ❤ you. Check out this great edition of the #JazzMessengers from 1989 in Japan. We wish all audiences would be so excited at jazz perfomances! Art Blakey - drums Bobby Watson

Here's an awesome throwback performance by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with a solo from 1959. This is from the piece, "No Problem." Notice Art playing match grip! And what's with the crazy polyrhythm at the beginning? What's the math on that??? The players include Lee Morgan (t), Wayne Shorter (ts), Walter Davis Jr (p), Jymie Merritt (b). Did you ever see art perform in person? See more fun, inspiring interviews and drumming/percussion videos of many genres from over 130 countries around