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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers is a group from the US, active from 1954.

Group US 1954–1990 jazz hard bop bebop

TOTAL PLAYS

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2012-03-10 00:55 · Radio 2 — "A Chant for Bu"

LAST PLAYED

3 months ago · Radio 2 — "Backstage Sally"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2012 — 2026

10 8 5 3 0

'12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 41 64%

Radio 2 23 36%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Moanin' 19 2025-07-27

2 The Drum Thunder Suite 6 2022-09-22

3 A Chant for Bu 3 2018-02-17

4 Cubano Chant 3 2017-08-08

5 Miguel's Party 3 2017-01-26

6 Stretching 2 2024-07-31

7 Politely 2 2021-12-04

8 Hipsippy Blues 2 2020-11-14

9 A Night In Tunisia 2 2018-05-06

10 Blues March 2 2014-11-02

11 Backstage Sally 1 2026-02-03

12 Night in Tunisia (Tokyo 1979) 1 2025-01-11

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-02-03 21:30 Backstage Sally Radio 2

2025-07-27 13:57 Moanin' 6 Music

2025-01-11 17:10 Night in Tunisia (Tokyo 1979) 6 Music

2025-01-07 21:32 Moanin' Radio 2

2024-07-31 02:05 Stretching Radio 2

2024-07-13 23:05 Stretching Radio 2

2023-12-05 21:23 Down Under Radio 2

2023-02-12 09:21 Moanin' 6 Music

2022-10-29 23:10 Sleeping Dancer Sleep On 6 Music

2022-10-29 23:04 Moanin' 6 Music

2022-09-22 00:11 The Drum Thunder Suite 6 Music

2022-08-23 20:07 Faith Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

30 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Chant for Bu —

3 2018-02-17 ▶

A Night In Tunisia —

2 2018-05-06 ▶

Along Came Betty —

1 2020-10-09 ▶

Backstage Sally —

1 2026-02-03 ▶

Blues March —

2 2014-11-02 ▶

CC —

1 2014-11-22 ▶

Child's Dance —

1 2014-11-22 ▶

Come Rain or Shine —

1 2017-10-31 ▶

Cubano Chant —

3 2017-08-08 ▶

Dat Dere —

1 2020-11-29 ▶

Down Under —

1 2023-12-05 ▶

Faith —

1 2022-08-23 ▶

Hipsippy Blues —

2 2020-11-14 ▶

It's Only a Paper Moon —

1 2015-08-09 ▶

It's Only A Paper Moon (Instrumental) —

1 2018-10-07 ▶

Lester Left Town —

1 2021-11-02 ▶

Miguel's Party —

3 2017-01-26 ▶

Moanin' —

19 2025-07-27 ▶

Ne chuchote pas —

1 2017-01-26 ▶

Night in Tunisia (Tokyo 1979) —

1 2025-01-11 ▶

No Problem —

1 2013-11-17 ▶

Pierre et Beatrice —

1 2015-10-11 ▶

Ping Pong —

1 2020-08-25 ▶

Politely —

2 2021-12-04 ▶

Ritual —

1 2015-02-27 ▶

Sleeping Dancer Sleep On —

1 2022-10-29 ▶

Stretching —

2 2024-07-31 ▶

The Drum Thunder Suite —

6 2022-09-22 ▶

The Egyptian —

1 2015-03-30 ▶

Uranus (Live at Montreux 1976) —

1 2014-11-25 ▶