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Tony Williams – One of the Supreme Jazz Drummers (1975)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A 45-year old concert review (Down Beat, Oct. 9, 1975) of the Tony Williams Lifetime. Hard to imagine. This is the Fred Lifetime: Alan Holdsworth (gtr), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Tony Newton (bass), and Tony Williams. DB Reviewer Scott … Continue reading →

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Louis Bellson ‘Intensive Care’ Piano Trio Album (1978)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I spotted this ad for a Louis Bellson “limited edition” piano trio album, Intensive Care, on the Fall 1978 Jazz magazine back cover. I’ve heard Bellson and bassist Ray Brown on several recordings. Pianist Paul Smith plays perfect … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart – A Day in the Life

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My Neil Peart interview transcripts bring back fond memories. Neil was always fun to interview, due in large measure, I believe, to the interviews always feeling like two guys having casual conversation. The interviews felt that way because … Continue reading →

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Camellia Akhamie Kies: Exceptional Drummer

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Last night, quite by accident, I came across the Guitar Center video profile of drummer Camellia Akhamie Kies. I was expecting the-same-as-every-other-pop/funk-drummer. Boy, was I wrong. I can’t remember the last time I was this moved by a … Continue reading →

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“Three Way Split” – A Perfect Philly Joe Solo

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: There was a period of time I was listening to lots of Hank Mobley albums. Both Mobley with other bands — like Miles Davis’s — and albums made under his own name. Way back in the early 1970s … Continue reading →

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