Category Archives: SKF Blog

Mickey Roker with Lee Morgan – ‘The Complete Live at the Lighthouse’ Coming Soon

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Blue Note Records has some exciting news for fans of trumpeter Lee Morgan and drummer Mickey Roker. The Complete Live at the Lighthouse session will be released this July 30. That’s 12 sets of music, including four hours … Continue reading →

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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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