Tag Archives: Chip Stern

Papa Jo Jones: We Played Who We Were at the Time

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Chip Stern‘s 1984 Modern Drummer feature interview with Papa Jo Jones is still, in my opinion, the definitive piece on the great drummer. “It could only happen once,” Papa Jo says, telling drummers born after Papa Jo’s heyday, … Continue reading →

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Blakey: ‘Is There Anything I Can Do to Make You Sound Better?’

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I am ever grateful for timeless words of wisdom from drum masters. This gem from Art Blakey’s interview with Chip Stern is one example. “See, I wanted to become a great drummer, but just in the sense of … Continue reading →

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One Night Watching Sonny Greer and Papa Jo Jones Trading Fours

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Reading again my memories, written in 1982, of one night at New York City’s West End Cafe watching Sonny Greer and Papa Jo Jones trading fours with wire brushes. I’m thinking about a phone conversation with Chip Stern … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart on Max Roach’s M’BOOM

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is the last of my Trading Fours exchanges with Neil Peart. My friend and music writer par excellence, Chip Stern, had a very good, albeit short-lived, idea for a drummer’s magazine. I did some writing for Chip’s … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart on Tony Williams’s ‘Fred’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My friend and music writer par excellence, Chip Stern, had a very good, albeit short-lived, idea for a drummer’s magazine. I did some writing for Chip’s magazine, but I don’t know that any of it saw the light … Continue reading →

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