Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2011/01

From: Delceg Mike <m.delceg@-----.nz>
Subj: [kl] Art Blakey
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:37:19 -0500

Not so amazing when you know the details of Blakey's life and the
difficulties he overcame. Many older jazz musicians had no choice but
to educate themselves, and Blakey had a lot of dust to wash away.
That said, I'm sure that David meant no disrespect.

Mike Delceg

> David B. Niethamer
> dniethamer@-----.net
>
> p.s. I ran across a quote from the jazz drummer Art Blakey - "Jazz
> washes away the dust of everyday life.?
>
> Its origin is:
>
> ?Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.? -
> Berthold Auerbach (German novelist, 1812-1882)
>
> Amazing that a jazz drummer of no great formal education would come
> across this quote and find it meaningful.
>
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