Category Archives: SKF Blog

Dannie Richmond’s Magnificent Musical Drum Solo

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I owe so much to Charles Mingus. While listening to his small band (quintet?) at Newport 1970 jazz made sense for the first time. I’d been self-studying jazz for a long time and liked much of what I … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Think of Roger Hawkins

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Reading “Muscle Shoals Sound Studio” by Carla Jean Whitley this week I am reminded of drummer Roger Hawkins’s great contribution to pop music. And I’m reminded of my failure to mention Hawkins in my “History of Rock Drumming.“ … Continue reading →

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‘The Boy With a Drum’ – An Inspiration

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I found this jewel in a box of 62 Little Golden Books. The drummer boy marches through his town, practicing his drum, with a parade of animals following along — and no one yells at him to “Stop … Continue reading →

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If We Are To Have Great Music

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s a bit of universal wisdom from the great pianist/composer Sergei Rachmaninoff from a book I’m reading: If we are to have great music we must return to the fundamentals which made the music of the past great. … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Ed Blackwell

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: More than 50 years later I still can’t believe there are no outtakes to the 1966 album, The Avant Garde, by John Coltrane and Don Cherry. This album, which I picked up as a cut-out, was my introduction … Continue reading →

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