Art Blakey
Day 98
#14 – Arthur ‘Art’ Blakey (1919–1990). American jazz drummer and bandleader. Albums with his band ‘Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ include: At the Café Bohemia Vols. I & 2 (1955) and Moanin’ (1958).
I started with the drumsticks and spelling out his name and also tried to represent the drum, but this didn’t have enough energy. So I went back to his name and made the letters dance whilst looking through the drumsticks, but the messages were confusing. Nothing was standing out. Making the background white helped the letters stand out, so I changed the drumsticks to black. I tried to imagine the letters sitting on the drum as it was hit and repeated the letters to suggest movement. This helped add some energy.
1.5 hours
Listen…
to excerpts from ‘Moanin’