Art Blakey experts please ... ?

Orpheus - indeed, I do treasure it for the glimpses at the early days of Clifford and Horace too! I wish I could have been introduced to a crowd by Pee Wee Marquette...

Hi all! Just joined this forum to post a question, as it's clear there are a lot of Blakey/Shorter experts on here. I'm trying to find information related to the woman "Joelle" was inspired by. She was a french girl living in NYC during the 1950s, at around 1958 was serving as Blakey's nanny. She took care of his daughter, Sakeena. Does anyone know anything else about her? I think she served as a kind of muse for multiple people, including Wayne Shorter who, of course, collaborated on that song. Any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks.

Art  Blakey is known for creating his signature signal of rapping the rim of his drum to signal to a member it's time to end their improvisation. He was known as Volcano Eruptis among his peers

ssenturk, very intriguing query. Wayne Shorter is perhaps my favorite Jazz musician, bar none. You may find this of interest:

https://books.google.com/books?id=a3gurEiKNPoC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=wayne+shorter+joelle&...

A Night in Tenusia is another great Blakey lp.