Author Archives: Scott K Fish

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If We Are To Have Great Music

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s a bit of universal wisdom from the great pianist/composer Sergei Rachmaninoff from a book I’m reading: If we are to have great music we must return to the fundamentals which made the music of the past great. … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Ed Blackwell

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: More than 50 years later I still can’t believe there are no outtakes to the 1966 album, The Avant Garde, by John Coltrane and Don Cherry. This album, which I picked up as a cut-out, was my introduction … Continue reading →

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Missed Opportunity with Charles ‘Keep A-Knockin’ Connor

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Regret comes at solitary times; driving a car long distance, or at my computer searching for a blog post topic. Sometimes, like now, I remember opportunities to interview drummers, to capture their stories, lost. When I was at … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart on Appreciating the Moment

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Earlier this week I pulled Neil Peart’s Far and Away: A Prize Every Time from my bookshelf, where I placed it, half read, months ago. Time to finish. For no reason, everytime I read Neil’s book I am … Continue reading →

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Flans’s Jeff Porcaro Bio – A Good Read, Sure to Stand the Test of Time

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Last night I finished reading Robyn Flans’s book, Jeff Porcaro – It’s About Time: The Man and His Music. Robyn and I first met in the 1980s when I was Managing Editor of Modern Drummer and she was … Continue reading →

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