Music washes away the dust of every day life.
~Art BlakeyYou can’t seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues – you can’t seperate it. Because that’s where it all started, and that’s where it all come from – that’s where I learned to keep rhythm – in church.
~Art Blakey
From Wikipedia:
| Birth name | Arthur Blakey |
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| Also known as | Abdullah Ibn Buhaina |
| Born | October 11, 1919 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States |
| Died | October 16, 1990 (aged 71) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hard bop, bebop |
| Occupations | Drummer, bandleader |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1942–1990 |
| Labels | Blue Note |
| Associated acts | Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey Quartet, Art Blakey Quintet, Art Blakey & the Afrocuban Boys |
| Website | www.artblakey.com |
Arthur “Art” Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader.