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Talking Drums with Buddy Rich in Dreamland

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Last night I dreamed I was sitting on a stool, in someone’s apartment, practicing with a pair of wire brushes on the bottom of a blue-and-while Apple clam shell iMac. At first, playing on the hard plastic, confined … 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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Music and Kindness from Strangers

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday I came across my monthly column written for the December 2011 Bangor Metro magazine. The column topic was, Who Got You Into Politics? I wrote, “Kindness from strangers 25 years ago was exactly the encouragement I needed … Continue reading →

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Billy Cobham ‘Simplicity of Expression’ Ad 1978

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I’m not a Billy Cobham album expert, but I don’t recall this album at all. The ad is from 1978.

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John Coltrane: How to Listen to Albums

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Somewhere — among my magazines, I think — there is a John Coltrane interview in which Coltrane’s how-to-listen-to-albums idea helps my ear training and gives me great joy. Maybe it will do the same for you. John Coltrane told … Continue reading →

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