Art Blakey, who served as police chief for the ... His wife, Carolyn, told WCCO-TV that he died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, after a long battle with chronic heart failure.

Art Blakey Jr. gathers with his family — including his 9-year-old granddaughter, Braylyne Blakey, whom he has his arm around, and wife, Carolyn Carroll-Blakey — after Ramsey County ...

Art Blakey, chief of police for the Minnesota ... A bench outside the state fair police department is dedicated to the Blakey family. Memories of all his years in law enforcement — on the ...

"Because the world is a far better place with Art in it, so we need to keep him here," Hammer said. "All that he embodied, all that he lived for." Blakey gave all to his family, his profession ...

Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, ...

Jazz drummer Art Blakey brought a propulsive ... Beginning at age 13, he worked full time to help support his foster family. “I was a pianist and I worked in the steel mills and coal mines ...

There’s a Jazz Messenger family out there ... "And Betty Carter and Art Blakey in those days had the same manager and booking agent. So a lot of times, we would be on the same program.

Art Blakey’s wife, Carolyn, is one of the royal family coordinators for this year, as well. King Boreas LXXXVIII: John Harrington, sponsored by Lights On! Aurora, Queen of the Snows: Tessa ...

Every Sunday, his family buttoned him into a suit and tie ... a prized collaborator for members of the jazz pantheon like Art Blakey, Max Roach and Lee Morgan. One of the last standing from ...

Blakey was the first African American sworn ... Turns out, the fair bug didn't just bite Art. It bit the whole family. "We hope to hold his memorial there that he can be at his other home ...