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Artimus Pyle: Drumming with Awareness of Space

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The three voices on this excerpt are Artimus Pyle, Paul T. Riddle, and Scott K Fish. We three were conducting an interview with Artimus which was published in Modern Drummer. As mentioned in my first post about this … Continue reading →

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Fleetwood Mac: Not Really How a Rhythm Section Should Work

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Fleetwood Mac was among my favorites back in the 1960s when that version of Fleetwood Mac was considered a British blues band with Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood.  Fleetwood Mac’s original version … Continue reading →

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Grady Tate’s Drum Lesson from Papa Jo Jones

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Count me among the listeners blown away by Grady Tate’s drumming with Stan Getz on the Sweet Rain album (1967). Chick Corea (piano), and Ron Carter (bass) make up the rest of that Getz quartet. Clean, musical, swinging … Continue reading →

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James Black: Early Drumming Influences

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My opening question to James Black was, “Early on, was there a person, or something that influenced your decision to play drums instead of another instrument, or something else altogether?” Mr. Black’s answer is part mystery. His main … Continue reading →

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Nick Fatool on Film 1940: Gorgeous Time, Musical

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Some nice footage here of Nick Fatool. One of my favorite drummers, who I first heard with Artie Shaw’s small group The Gramercy Five. Fatool was a very musical drummer. Gary Chester cited Nick Fatool as a drummer … Continue reading →

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