Category Archives: Drum/Music News

News items of note, present and past, about drummers and other musicians.

Rick Latham Asks for Help with Surgery Expenses

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKFNOTE: I wanted to pass along this urgent request from a guy I first got to know a little bit back in my Modern Drummer days. If you can help Rick Latham raise $100,000 for medical expenses — I thank … Continue reading →

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Ringo Starr – How Ringo’s Band Members Got the Gig

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A brief exchange between Mitch Albom and Ringo Starr from WVOM-FM 103.9 on June 27, 1998. Ringo was promoting his new album, Vertical Man. Mitch asked how the musicians in Ringo’s band got the gig. That’s followed by … Continue reading →

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Manna from Heaven: A New Coltrane Quartet ‘Lost’ Album

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Well, what do you know! The classic John Coltrane Quartet recorded an album in 1963, “two years before A Love Supreme, and then stashed it away,” writes the New York Times. The family of Coltrane’s first wife, Juanita … Continue reading →

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Fife and Drums: 18th Century Communications Tools Rattling Windows

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Newspaper reporter Rodrigo Arriaza makes an important point: drums are communications tools. Not always, but most often, in all music styles, the best drummers think of their instruments as communications tools. Think of a situation where most people … Continue reading →

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Horace Silver: Highest Marks for Billy Higgins

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I’ve always thought pianist Horace Silver‘s left hand comping makes great fodder for drummers’ left hand comping. That idea first came to me listening to Blue Note’s classic albums, A Night at Birdland Vols. 1 and 2. Recording … Continue reading →

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