
Drumstick used by Art Blakey
A drumstick with a tapered wood tip. The stick is wood and cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small cone-shaped tip. There are small gouges on the tapered area of the stick, and the stick is cracked and missing material from two areas on the shaft.
An influential musician and bandleader for forty years, Art Blakey was primarily a drummer in the late-swing mode when Dizzy Gillespie recruited him for Billy Eckstine’s innovative band in 1944. Blakey’s drumming style evolved as he absorbed the bebop aesthetics of his bandmates, including Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Dexter Gordon.
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