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Infobox musical artist| name = Ed Blackwell| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_date = Birth date|1929|10|10| death_date = | origin = New Orleans , Louisiana , United States|USA | instrument = Drum kit | genre = Jazz | occupation =| years_active = | label =| associated_acts = Ornette Coleman Old and New Dreams The Ed Blackwell Project| website =| notable_instruments = Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929 & ndash; October 7, 1992) was an United States|American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana , known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p53734|pure_url=yes Allmusic
Blackwell's early career began in New Orleans in the 1950s. He played in a bebop quintet that included pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr.|Ellis Marsalis and clarinetist Alvin Batiste . There was also a brief stint touring with Ray Charles . The Second line (parades)|second line parade music of New Orleans greatly influenced Blackwell's drumming style and could be heard in his playing throughout his career.
Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman 's quartet around 1960, when he took over for Billy Higgins in the quartet's legendary stand at the Five Spot in New York City . He is known as one of the great innovators of the free jazz of the 1960s, fusing New Orleans and African rhythms with bebop. In the 1970s and 1980s Blackwell toured and recorded extensively with fellow Ornette Quartet veterans Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry , Charlie Haden , and Dewey Redman in the quartet Old and New Dreams .
In the late 1970s Blackwell became an Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Blackwell was a beloved figure on the Wesleyan Campus until he died.
"The Ed Blackwell Project" members were Mark Helias , bass, Carlos Ward , alto sax/flute, and Graham Haynes (son of drummer Roy Haynes ), cornet.
After years of kidney problems, Blackwell died in 1992. The following year he was inducted into the Down Beat Down Beat|Jazz Hall of Fame .
Discography
As leader
What It Be Like?
What It Is!
Walls-Bridges ( Black Saint Records|Black Saint )
With Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams (Black Saint album)|Old and New Dreams (Black Saint, 1976)
Old and New Dreams (ECM album)|Old and New Dreams (ECM, 1979)
''That Old Time Rock 'N' Roll" ( Specialty Records|Specialty )
With Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band|Plastic Ono Band ( Apple Records|Apple )
With Hilton Ruiz
Cross Currents (Stash)
With Archie Shepp
Further Fire Music ( Impulse! )
On This Night ( GRP Records|GRP / Impulse! )
The Magic of Ju-Ju ( Impulse! )
With Mal Waldron
Breaking New Ground (Baybridge 1983)
Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (Baybridge, 1983)
You and the Night and the Music (Mal Waldron album)|You and the Night and the Music (Paddle Wheel, 1983)
The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Soul Note, 1986)
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http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/blackwell.htm Ed Blackwell discography
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