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Tag Archives: Dizzy Gillespie
Kenny Clarke Raised the Bar for Drummers
SKF NOTE: Kenny Clarke is a drummer I read about before I heard him play. Clarke is a founding father of Bebop, credited with moving timekeeping off the hi-hat and over to the ride cymbal. He did so, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog
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Mickey Roker with Lee Morgan – ‘The Complete Live at the Lighthouse’ Coming Soon
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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Tagged Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Mickey Roker, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog
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Dizzy Gillespie – We’re All Supposed to Inspire Each Other
SKF NOTE: Drummer Art Taylor’s Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews, which I bought when first published in 1977, remains an interesting read and source book. As time goes by, whenever I open “Notes and Tones,” I find something new, interesting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Notes and Tones, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog, Teddy Stewart
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Remembering Mickey Roker
SKF NOTE: Modern jazz first clicked for me at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island while I was listening to Charles Mingus‘s group. Included in that group was a skinny, long-haired saxophonist named Bobby Jones. It was impossible at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jones, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Drummer, Mickey Roker, Scott K Fish
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She Said, My Topic is Dizzy Gillespie
This morning I am remembering accepting Dixmont’s First Selectman’s invitation to serve as one of three judges of a public speaking contest for grade school kids. Not that I felt qualified to do so! The second speaker, as I recall, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dizzy Gillespie, public speaking, Scott K Fish
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