Tag Archives: Drummer

What Makes a Music Photographer Good?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I wrote in an earlier post about, from my perspective as Modern Drummer‘s managing editor, what makes a music journalist good. I said I would write as well about what makes a music photographer good. A picture is … Continue reading →

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Remembering Chico Hamilton’s Innovations

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I came upon drummer Chico Hamilton by accident. Somewhere, many, many years ago, I picked up a Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet album on the Pacific Jazz label. I’m sure I had read in at least one of many … Continue reading →

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Terri Lyne Carrington: Drums Isn’t Everything

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Terri Lyne Carrington: “I want to be a total musician, which includes writing and arranging music. I don’t want to be known as just a drummer. “To me, the most important thing is to do well in school, and to … Continue reading →

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Phil Collins: Nobody Had Ever Heard Anything Like That’

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Phil Collins Looks Back on the ‘In the Air Tonight’ Drum Break: ‘Nobody Had Ever Heard Anything Like That’ By Jeff Giles February 12, 2016 10:42 AM That album’s landmark single, “In the Air Tonight,” contains one of rock’s most … Continue reading →

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Maurice Purtill: I’m Not Dead

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Scott K Fish

  SKF NOTE: After I had closed for the night the cheese shop I managed in Huntington, NY, I was standing outside with Andy, one of the meat cutters from the butcher shop next door. Somehow we got around to talking … Continue reading →

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