Category Archives: Audio

Jimmy Webb Interview Pt 2 of 4

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This Pt 2 segment of Jimmy Webb’s Feb. 28, 1983 interview picks up where Pt 1 left off. I just flipped the audio cassette and began taping again. Here Jimmy Webb talks more about his songwriting; about how … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Webb Interview Pt 1 of 4 (1983)

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This Feb. 28, 1983 interview with Jimmy Webb was for a short piece in Mix magazine. Unfortunately, the magazine editors, in my opinion, rewrote and botched the manuscript I sent them. Although I’ve posted on my blog a … Continue reading →

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Cindy McGuirl – Preserving Paul Motian’s Legacy

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Drummer/bandleader/composer Paul Motian was one of my first feature interviews for Modern Drummer. His interview appeared in the April-May 1980 MD. I loved his songwriting and I liked his playing jazz drums without the traditional ding-ding-ding cymbal beat. … Continue reading →

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The Jazz Network Worldwide

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Jazz promoter JaiJai Jackson provides a real service to jazz musicians, including drummers, with her Jazz Network Worldwide and her Not Just Jazz Network. Jackson comes from an esteemed musical family. Legendary jazz bassist Chubby Jackson is her … Continue reading →

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Bill Bruford – Drummers Will Have to Think Quick

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKFNOTE: Forty-two years up the road it is perhaps hard for a large segment of the drumming world to truly understand the initial 1980s impact of the LinnDrum on that world. Suddenly one compact machine could keep perfect metronomic time, … Continue reading →

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