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Michael Carvin: Motown is the Bebop of Rock

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I hate sounding like a broken record (no pun intended), but for the sake of readers visiting Life Beyond the Cymbals for the first time: I conducted a series of backgrounder interviews in the early 1980s for a … Continue reading →

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Mel Lewis on Sinatra/Ellington’s “Follow Me”

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The Frank Sinatra/Duke Ellington album, Francis A. & Edward K., is one of my all-time favorites. And, of course, it’s fun and instructive listening to Mel Lewis‘s thoughts on the song, Follow Me. Mel Lewis: That, of course, … Continue reading →

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Steve Khan on Tony Williams’s “Emergency!”

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Steve Khan: This is Emergency!, right? An important record. It captured a feeling about that particular time, when our music was about to take a great change. It’s a five-star record; the only thing unfortunate about it, considering how recording … Continue reading →

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Stewart Copeland: Raised to Be a Big Band White Jazz Drummer

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Scott K Fish

The Police Co-Founder and Drummer, Stewart Copeland, Explains His Journey from Rock to Opera by Steve Schonberg Posted: 01/15/2016 “It’s kind of a circle,” Copeland said about the journey that led him to compose for orchestras. “The first musical impressions … Continue reading →

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Chester Thompson/Phil Collins 1978

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A Remo ad from a 1978 Down Beat magazine.

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