Ocupation: Jazz Drummer
Life: October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990
Birthday: October 11
Death: October 16
so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.
source: - "A Night in Tunisia". Jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1961.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.
Topics: Music, Names, Type, Differentiate
Topics: Rocks, Church, Jazz, Rhythm And Blues
What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.
source: - KABC-TV Interview, 1983.
Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!
Topics: Jazz, Good Times, Having A Good Time, Playing Jazz
If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.
source: - "At the Jazz Corner of the World". Live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959.