Category Archives: SKF Blog

Music and Kindness from Strangers

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday I came across my monthly column written for the December 2011 Bangor Metro magazine. The column topic was, Who Got You Into Politics? I wrote, “Kindness from strangers 25 years ago was exactly the encouragement I needed … Continue reading →

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Clifton James: I Wanted My Own Style of Playing

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: If you have read any of my Modern Drummer History of Rock Drumming backgrounder interviews on this blog, you need only know that this interview with drummer Clifton James is another backgrounder interview. It, as with all the … Continue reading →

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John Coltrane: How to Listen to Albums

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Somewhere — among my magazines, I think — there is a John Coltrane interview in which Coltrane’s how-to-listen-to-albums idea helps my ear training and gives me great joy. Maybe it will do the same for you. John Coltrane told … Continue reading →

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Philly Joe: Apex of Hard Bop with 3 Drums, 1 Cymbal

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Somewhere there’s a Tony Williams quote about Miles Davis‘s Milestones being at the apex of hard bop albums. It is a great album: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, and Philly Joe Jones. The … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Webb: Pragmatics of Ignorance

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is my original transcript which, in September 1983, was edited and published in Mix magazine. I was more disappointed in the editing of this transcript than anything else I had published. Re-reading the Mix version — which … Continue reading →

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