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In 1947, Art Blakey formed his first band, a big-band concept he created as a training ground for aspiring musicians and made his first recordings for the iconic jazz record label Blue Note Records. Art Blakey Oris Art Blakey Limited Edition Keeping time This became Art BlakeyРІР‚в„ўs defining moment, launching a prolific musical career that spanned six decades and nurtured the careers of countless other jazz musicians. But as he would say himself, his career as a pianist РІР‚Вended at the wrong end of a pistol,РІР‚в„ў when he was ordered off the piano by a club owner and onto the drums. By his late teens, he was already on the circuit performing. It quickly became apparent that Art was talented. He was the foster son of a Seventh Day Adventist family, and from an early age learned the piano side by side with the Bible. Like many of his peers, Art BlakeyРІР‚в„ўs talent for music was initially developed in the church.

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The Swiss watch company has created a limited-edition watch in his name, the latest in a series of watches inspired by icons of jazz. Marking one hundred years since his birth, Oris is celebrating Art Blakey, one of the most understated pioneers of 20th-century jazz. Oris Art Blakey Limited Edition Keep the rithm going In this centenary year of his birth, Oris is proud to partner with the Estate of Art Blakey. His style and his gentle character influenced countless musicians. Go your own way РІР‚вЂњ Art BlakeyР”Р„rt Blakey was one of the most pioneering, inventive jazz drummers of the 20th century. Oris Art Blakey Limited Edition is limited to 1,000 pieces. The watch, which is a time-only automatic, features a dial decorated with the eight claws from ArtРІР‚в„ўs bass drum, and a case back with a cymbal inlay. He died in 1990 and won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. In the 1950s, Art formed the Jazz Messengers and would go on to play with them for more than three decades.

Art was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1919, and made his name in the 1940s and 1950s playing alongside fellow icons of jazz Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, all of whom Oris has previously celebrated with limited edition watches. Oris returns to its long-running series of jazz watches with a piece inspired by the American jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey.

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