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Ed Blackwell

real name Edward Joseph Blackwell

New Orleans, United States

Ed Blackwell is credited on 990 releases across 131 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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990

Credits

131

Albums

8

Decades active

176

In collections

Biography

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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Credited work

990 releases · 131 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 1,301
  • Other credits · 90

Studios: Five Spot Café · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Studio Saravah · Atlantic Studios

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