Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz - A Tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers
Thursday, October 22, 2026
7:00 PM
Dizzy's Club
Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY 10019
$24
Scheduled
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club, Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz present a tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Allen, an American drummer and bandleader, leads a lineup that invokes Blakey's long-running collective. The Jazz Messengers operated for more than thirty-five years and Blakey often emphasized working with younger musicians, saying, "Yes sir, I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters."
About the Artists
Carl Allen
Carl Allen is an American jazz drummer and bandleader, known for his contributions to the jazz genre and collaborations with various artists.
Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo which existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and only ended when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990.