Category Archives: SKF Blog

Maurice Purtill: I’m Not Dead

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Scott K Fish

  SKF NOTE: After I had closed for the night the cheese shop I managed in Huntington, NY, I was standing outside with Andy, one of the meat cutters from the butcher shop next door. Somehow we got around to talking … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mickey Roker

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Modern jazz first clicked for me at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island while I was listening to Charles Mingus‘s group. Included in that group was a skinny, long-haired saxophonist named Bobby Jones. It was impossible at … Continue reading →

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Enthusiastic Kids Might Actually Know Something

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I think his name is Chris. He was a young guy who called me from time-to-time, at Modern Drummer, full of enthusiasm about a local upstate New York drummer he said we should interview Chris was the only … Continue reading →

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Max Roach: What Changes is Rhythm

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here is something Max Roach told me in the early 1980s. I, of course, already had a high appreciation for drummers’ contributions to music. But Max’s words kicked my appreciation up several steps. I don’t have Max’s exact … Continue reading →

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Drums? Who Cares?

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I enjoy listening to people tell me about their life passions. Maybe it’s what they do for a living, or may maybe it’s what they do for a hobby. That doesn’t matter. If a person is passionate about … Continue reading →

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