Drummers · 1929–1992

Ed Blackwell

American jazz drummer (1929–1992)

Born: 10 October 1929
New Orleans
Died: 7 October 1992
Hartford
Country: United States
Record labels: Enja Records, Black Saint
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Ed Blackwell was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Ed Blackwell was born on 10 October 1929 in New Orleans and died on 7 October 1992 in Hartford. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Enja Records and Black Saint.

Edward Joseph Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Blackwell first came to national attention as a member of Coleman's quartet around 1960, when he took over for Billy Higgins during a residency at the Five Spot Café in Manhattan. Blackwell became a pioneering free jazz drummer, fusing New Orleans and African rhythms with bebop. Blackwell later toured and recorded extensively with fellow Coleman veterans Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Dewey Redman, both individually and as the quartet Old and New Dreams.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Shades of Edward Blackwell

Also plays on

Albums where Ed Blackwell is credited as a sideman

1961	At the Five Spot, Volume 1 — Eric Dolphy with Booker Little, Mal Waldron, Richard Davis, Eddie Blackwell	drums (drum set)
1962	Ornette on Tenor — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1964	At the Five Spot, Volume 2 — Eric Dolphy	drums (drum set)
1966	The Avant-Garde — John Coltrane & Don Cherry	drums (drum set)
1966	On This Night — Archie Shepp	rhythm sticks
1966	Here and There — Eric Dolphy	drums (drum set)
1966	Complete Communion — Don Cherry	drums (drum set)
1966	Symphony for Improvisers — Don Cherry	drums (drum set)
1969	Where Is Brooklyn? — Don Cherry	drums (drum set)
1970	The Art of the Improvisers — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1970	Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1970	Kawaida — Kuumba-Toudie Heath	bell, percussion
1970	Tarik — Dewey Redman	drums (drum set)
1971	Twins — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1972	Science Fiction — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1972	Clifford Jordan in the World — Clifford Jordan	drums (drum set)
1973	Relativity Suite — Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1975	To Whom Who Keeps a Record — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1975	Vista — Marion Brown	drums (drum set), slit drum
1976	Regeneration — Stanley Cowell	water drum, percussion
1982	Broken Shadows — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1982	Dash One — Eric Dolphy	drums (drum set)
1982	Six Compositions: Quartet — Anthony Braxton	drums (drum set)
1984	Plays Eric Satie — Mal Waldron	drums (drum set)
1989	Ming’s Samba — David Murray	drums (drum set)
1989	Memorial Album — Eric Dolphy & Booker Little	drums (drum set)
1991	Quartet 1971 — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1991	Sounds of Joy — Joe Lovano	drums (drum set)
1992	From the Soul — Joe Lovano	drums (drum set)
1994	The Montreal Tapes — Charlie Haden with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell	drums (drum set)