Chuck Stewart American, 1927-2017
Art Blakey, 1961/2
exhibition print | n. f. s.
print: 14 x 14 in. | frame: 24 ½ x 20 ½ in
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August 1961 or March 1962 | Renaissance Club, Los Angeles, California ARTIST CONTEXT Art Blakey was a thunderous drummer, bandleader, and mentor whose Jazz Messengers became one of the most...
August 1961 or March 1962 | Renaissance Club, Los Angeles, California
ARTIST CONTEXT
Art Blakey was a thunderous drummer, bandleader, and mentor whose Jazz Messengers became one of the most important training grounds in jazz. Generations of major musicians developed their voices under his leadership.
CHUCK STEWART / PHOTOGRAPH CONTEXT
“Musicians know only how they sound. They lose all self-consciousness of their physical expressiveness in order to concentrate on the music. They focus intently on the music in the same way I focus intently on the camera and its product.” — Chuck Stewart
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