Category Archives: Audio

Philly Joe Jones with Bill Evans

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A thank you to “Jazz Video Guy” Bret Primack for this new to me clip of Philly Joe Jones as a member of Bill Evans’s Trio. Instructive! The video work on Philly Joe gives us several good moments … Continue reading →

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Simon Kirke – Drum Practice Routines 1983

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s the backstory to this Simon Kirke excerpt. In this excerpt Simon talks about his favorite drum practice routines. He also tells us he does not record with a click track, and he tends to play behind the … Continue reading →

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Eighty-Two Year Old Drum Solo Still a Killer

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: In the mid-1970s I played drums for a couple of years with the Millard Cowan Trio in Davenport, IA. I remember Millard asking me then if I had ever seen Fred Astaire’s dancing/drum solo routine. I had not. … Continue reading →

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Three Roy’s and a Dawson: In Concert 1971

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s another hour of in concert video of some top shelf musicians. The drummers are Roy Haynes with Jimmy Smith, Roy McCurdy with Cannonball Adderley, Alan Dawson with Dave Brubeck, and Roy Brooks with Charlie Mingus.

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Simon Kirke – Double Drumming with John Bonham

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: In this second interview excerpt with Simon Kirke, recorded on August 3, 1983, I ask Mr. Kirke if he and John Bonham ever compared notes about drumming and/or drum recording. Kirke was playing drums in a new band, … Continue reading →

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