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Barry Keane Modern Drummer Interview 1981 Pt 2 of 2

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is Part 2 of my interview with Barry Keane, published in the August-September 1981 Modern Drummer magazine as a feature interview titled, “Barry Keane: Canadian Studio Kingpin.” Our discussion was as much about Keane’s studio drummer work … Continue reading →

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Barry Keane Modern Drummer Interview 1981 Pt 1 of 2

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is Part 1 of my interview with Barry Keane, published in the August-September 1981 Modern Drummer magazine as a feature interview titled, “Barry Keane: Canadian Studio Kingpin.” Our discussion was as much about Keane’s studio drummer work … Continue reading →

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Alan Dawson – MD 10th Anniversary Interview Pt 1

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: In 1985, freelance writing again for Modern Drummer magazine, I was asked to contribute two drummer interviews to MD‘s upcoming January 1986 10th Anniversary issue: Neil Peart and Alan Dawson. Unlike MD‘s other feature interviews, 10th Anniversary interviewees … Continue reading →

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My Jazz Yin and Yang

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Scott K Fish

This morning the “Friends of Charles Mingus” Facebook group showed this photo taken at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival of a relaxing Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy. Those two musicians represent for me the yin and yang of jazz. After … Continue reading →

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Paul Motian – Songwriter Drummer

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts described his first hearing of jazz pianist Bill Evans’s early 1960s trio as a group where no one, including drummer Paul Motian, served as timekeeper. Instead, observed Watts, he heard and felt the … Continue reading →

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