{"product_id":"art-blakey-the-big-beat","title":"Art Blakey - The Big Beat","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt takes one to know one. Which is why jazz drummers have always \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeen ready to join the queue when assessing Art Blakey’s influence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enot only in the field of percussion but in the shaping of his chosen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egenre. Max Roach described him as “An original – the only drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhose time I recognise immediately. When I first met him on 52nd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStreet in 1944, he already had the polyrhythmic thing down. He was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edoing it before anybody else.” Thelonious Monk Jr concurred: “When \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI became a drummer, I learned how to swing from Art Blakey. What \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe did with the hi-hat and his roll got pressed into my soul. He had a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprimal approach to drums.” All of which warmed the ears of Blakey, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewho admitted that his aim was to be one of the greatest drummers in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe world- an ambition which he undoubtedly achieved.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322466480505,"sku":null,"price":9.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/artblakey_32b4d699-1d72-430c-865c-1f24f1309691.jpg?v=1787901786","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/art-blakey-the-big-beat","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}