Tag Archives: Drummer

The Significance of Reader’s Polls

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I have mixed feelings about musician’s readers polls. Always have. My great dislike is when players deserving of a spot in, say, a Hall of Fame, never get it because their heyday was too long ago, or the … Continue reading →

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George Russell: Max Roach Made Me a Composer/Arranger

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Scott K Fish

“I came into music as a drummer, at 15, in 1938,” [George Russell] said. “The swing period was at its height…. I played many gigs around my home time [sic], Cincinnati, but mostly at the Cotton club. Two years later, at … Continue reading →

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Photo: Joe Morello and Buddy Rich Sharing Ideas 1961

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This photo by an unidentified photographer is from the February 16, 1961 issue of Down Beat magazine.

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Judge Says Teen Drummer’s Playing Isn’t a Nuisance

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is an interesting court case describing a situation most drummers deal with at some point in their lives. I sympathize with both sides. Another news report said this young man’s drums are in a garage 15-feet from … Continue reading →

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Terri Lyne Carrington’s Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Scott K Fish

[SKF NOTE: I first met Terri Lyne Carrington in 1983. She was 17-years old. We sat in my Modern Drummer office and I interviewed her for the magazine. At the time she had just released her first album and had … Continue reading →

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