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A Message From The Dean
"To pass through life and miss this music is to miss out on one of the
best things about living."
"When people come in to relax and enjoy themselves after a hard day's
work, its my job to make them happy-to wash away the dust of everyday
life."
"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."
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Everything comes from another continent. It so happens that jazz comes from the black people-and they should know about it,but they know less about it, than anybody else in the world.
You all get into the studio and you try to make everything so God damn clinical. Two months from now when you hear this tune you won't recognize it yourself. You ain't going to play it the same way every night, use your imagination, that's what JAZZ is all about. If you ain't got no imagination you might as well quit. All he did was put up a skeleton of the tune we are going to play, so go on and play and if you make a mistake make it LOUD so you won't make it next time."
When queried as to how he could consistently find such bright young talent Art would reply, " I don't find them . They find me!"
Kenny Clark: You see Buhaina is the only one I know who can make a press or ocean roll come out on top of the beat and keep the whole shit swinging. He never looked back. If you know a living drummer who can do it better than 'Buh' name him and I'll kiss him here and now"-1963
Geoff Keezer: He had the an ability to open up your sound-no matter what instrument you played. He was three times my age but it was hard to keep up with him
Horace Silver: He got behind his musicians and just goosed them, made them play up to their potential.
Dizzy Gillespie: Kenny Clarke was the Godfather, Max was the painter to put the colors together; Art was the volcano!
Wynton Marsalis: If I hadn't played with Art, I wouldn't have played jazz.
Major Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers DVD Release From Jazz Icon Click For Details
Live in Belgium 1958
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
features what many consider to be one of the finest line-ups in the history
of jazz—Art Blakey (Drums), Bobby Timmons (Piano), Jymie Merritt (Bass),
Benny Golson (Sax) and the legendary trumpet player, Lee Morgan. Lost for
nearly 50 years, this historic 55-minute concert, filmed in Belgium in 1958,
one month to the day after they recorded their masterpiece Moanin',
is the only known visual document of this influential band who were together
for only six months.
