Monthly Archives: August 2016

Max Roach: What You’re Playing for is Sound

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This exchange with Max Roach took place on July 15, 1981 at his home in Connecticut. The back story is posted here.  How up-and-coming drummers learned from their drummer elders has always interested me. In this interview segment, … Continue reading →

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What Drummers Haven’t I Heard?

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: For a moment last week — a brief moment — I wondered, “Have I exhausted my lifelong study of drummers and drumming?” This was one of my rare “What drummers haven’t I heard?” moments. I was scanning 1973 … Continue reading →

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Sonny Greer on Buddy Rich and Jo Jones

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My interview with Sonny Greer took place at Sonny’s New York City apartment on March 4, 1981, published in an edited version in the November 1981 Modern Drummer. Brooks Kerr, a pianist and Duke Ellington aficionado, was performing … Continue reading →

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Filling the Instrument with the Breath of Life

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here is a favorite universal description of the relationship of living musicians to their lifeless musical instruments. In James Baldwin‘s story, Sonny’s Blues, Mr. Baldwin’s character, Sonny, is an aspiring jazz pianist. Baldwin’s musician/instrument description is written through … Continue reading →

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