Tag Archives: Jim Keltner

With Regrets to Donald Bailey

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE – Last week, in the mood for jazz organ, I bought Volumes 1 and 2 of Blue Note Records’ Jimmy Smith Live at the Club Baby Grand. Recorded and released in 1956. These are trio dates with Jimmy … Continue reading →

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James Black on Playing Brushes

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The full back story on this interview is posted on my blog here. In brief, my James Black interview appeared in the December 1982 Modern Drummer. The first person to get me excited about James Black’s drumming was … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Charlie Watts (1981)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview with Charlie Watts took place in Charlie’s New York City hotel room on November 12, 1981. The Rolling Stones were on tour in America. Tina Turner was their opening act. The basic back story to this interview … Continue reading →

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Charlie Watts: No Difference in Jazz and Rock Rhythm Sections

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This excerpt is from my interview with Charlie Watts. It took place in Charlie’s New York City hotel room in 1982 or 1983. The Rolling Stones were on tour in America. Tina Turner was their opening act. [SKF … Continue reading →

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Hal Blaine: Spector Sessions Were Agony, Ecstasy and Magic

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This Hal Blaine interview is another of my backgrounder interviews for my History of Rock Drumming feature series for Modern Drummer in the early 1980s. This interview is published here for the first time. All of these interviews can … Continue reading →

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