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Paul Butterfield – End of an Era

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Musician/bandleader Paul Butterfield was one of my musical heroes during my high school years. Starting with his East-West album, which was the Butterfield Blues Band’s second album, my high school music friends and I absorbed Butterfield’s albums through … Continue reading →

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Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Hats off to the Drum Channel for their three-part series interview with one of pop music’s exemplary drums-bass partnerships: Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar. The fourth video here is the trailer to a documentary, “The Immediate Family,” about … Continue reading →

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Elvin Jones Rewrote Jazz Drumming

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: From my box of old jazz newspaper clippings comes this March 5, 1992 Peter Watrous review of Elvin Jones’s band at the Blue Note. “Mr. Jones rewrote jazz drumming in the 1960’s as a member of the John … Continue reading →

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Buddy Rich – I Want to Play Better

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Writer Eliot Tiegel interviewed Buddy Rich for the March 1982 Down Beat magazine. One of Tiegel’s questions for Buddy was, What are your goals for the future? Here’s Buddy’s answer: Buddy Rich: “I haven’t achieved what I want … Continue reading →

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Roland Vazquez – Try to Eliminate Fear

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Roland Vazquez is Artist-in-Residence at Bard College in NY State. Here is the lead paragraph from his online Bard biography: Roland Vazquez is a composer, drummer, producer, and educator who has been performing and recording his original Latin … Continue reading →

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