Tag Archives: Art Blakey

Drummer Photos: A Source of Wonder and Learning

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Pre-internet, vinyl album liner notes and photographs were a valued source of information. That was especially true of jazz albums. Liner notes were almost always written by wonderful, authoritative people like Nat Hentoff, Leonard Feather, and Ralph J. … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Art Blakey

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A nice portrait of Art Blakey from the 1974 May/June Different Drummer magazine. The photographer is David D. Spitzer.

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Art Blakey at Birdland 1951

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I love this Francis Wolff photo from Blue Note‘s Miles Davis: Birdland 1951 CD booklet. Art Blakey‘s beret and bowtie are classic! The CD sound quality isn’t optimum, but it’s optimum enough to hear Blakey swinging his tail off. … Continue reading →

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Papa Jo, Philly Joe, Max, Art, and Randy Weston

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This uncredited photo was in the September 1973 Jazz Magazine, a French magazine. I’m not sure if it is the same French Jazz Magazine online today. From left to right in the photo: Unidentified laughing man in dashiki; Papa … Continue reading →

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Tony Williams – Why I Play the Way I Do

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This segment is from a good interview by Vernon Gibbs called, Tony Williams: Report On A Musical Lifetime, in the January 29, 1976 Down Beat. I am unable to find the full interview online. Vernon Gibbs: What was … Continue reading →

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