Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakeywas an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he became a Muslim...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth11 October 1919
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Art Blakey quotes about
music balls
We're here to have a ball.
able feels
All you have to do is be able to feel.
moving mean rivers
Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.
dust everyday everyday-life
Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life
music dust jazz-and-life
Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.
music names type
A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.
music intelligent ears
It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.
mistake play goes-on
so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.
feet jazz feels
If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.
rocks church rhythm-and-blues
You 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
country art america
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.
america mind messengers
That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.
country america people
The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.
thinking gone jazz
They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.