Monthly Archives: November 2014

Oldest Percussion Instruments Create New Sounds, New Music

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Composer Julia Wolfe‘s “riSE and fLY” percussion concerto caught my attention while reading this story about percussionist Colin Currie’s “Metal Wood Skin” percussion festival. I haven’t heard the concerto, but what I hear on this trailer – and … Continue reading →

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Charlie Watts: Drum Mentor

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts speechless over Jagger the 11-year-old drummer November 13, 2014 – 8:23PM No one gets near the Rolling Stones…except a precocious 11-year-old Sydney boy called Jagger, who calls the band’s drummer, Charlie Watts, his mentor. Jagger Alexander-Erber … Continue reading →

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Elvin Jones’s “Puttin’ It Together” Available in MP3 Format

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Finally! Blue Note releases this incredible album by the Elvin Jones Trio with Jimmy Garrison (bass) and Joe Farrell (sax, flute) in MP3 format. It has been out-of-print as a CD for years. This was my introduction to … Continue reading →

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The Significance of Reader’s Polls

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I have mixed feelings about musician’s readers polls. Always have. My great dislike is when players deserving of a spot in, say, a Hall of Fame, never get it because their heyday was too long ago, or the … Continue reading →

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George Russell: Max Roach Made Me a Composer/Arranger

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Scott K Fish

“I came into music as a drummer, at 15, in 1938,” [George Russell] said. “The swing period was at its height…. I played many gigs around my home time [sic], Cincinnati, but mostly at the Cotton club. Two years later, at … Continue reading →

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