Arthur Blakey
1919 - 1990
American Jazz Drummer, Composer, Bandleader
18" X 24"
acrylic on canvas (This was a test. I don't think i'll be doing acrylics again anytime soon. Stuff dries mad crazy, yo.)
In the words of Pete Townsend (talking about Mose Allison but nonetheless) "he was a jazz sage.." Not to mention one of the hardest working drummers of all time.
And talk about a guy who knows some guys...man, Blakey played with ALL the all-time greats. He co-founded the Jazz Messengers with the brilliant Horace Silver and enlisted the likes of Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Wayne Shorter, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard...Jesus, the list goes on and on. Maybe you know his work with Carolina boy Thelonious Monk? How about Bud Powell? Miles Davis?
If you own any jazz records then chances are he is playing drums on one of them. Unless you like Kenny G and shit in which case I can't help you.
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