Art Blakey Quotes


All you have to do is be able to feel.


Citations

Goldsher, Alan. Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002, p. 2.

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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
  • Born: October 11, 1919
  • Died: October 16, 1990
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician, Bandleader

Arthur Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was briefly known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.