Tag Archives: Scott K Fish

Filling the Instrument with the Breath of Life

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here is a favorite universal description of the relationship of living musicians to their lifeless musical instruments. In James Baldwin‘s story, Sonny’s Blues, Mr. Baldwin’s character, Sonny, is an aspiring jazz pianist. Baldwin’s musician/instrument description is written through … Continue reading →

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Harvey Mason on ‘Chameleon’

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Listening to Chameleon by Herbie Hancock‘s Headhunters when the song was first released in 1973 was an experience today’s listeners missed. Cutting edge music in 1973, the best of Chameleon — the music, the sounds, the rhythm — … Continue reading →

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Syncopation: What if You Can’t Hear It?

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Robert Palmer was a writer I could always count on for insightful interviews with musicians. Mr. Palmer knew his subjects, asked great questions, and always — from where I stood — treated his interviews as peer-to-peer musician conversations. … Continue reading →

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Coltrane on Playing, Steadily, Steadily, Every Night

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Black Giants is a 1970 book collection of interviews and essays with/about some of the “New Jazz” prime movers, i.e. Elvin Jones, Archie Shepp, and John Coltrane. Contributor Frank Kofsky‘s Septermber 1967 interview with John Coltrane has Coltrane’s view … Continue reading →

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Clifford Brown: You’ve Got to Hear Things Before You Can Do Them

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: At some point, serious music students — jazz students, at least — will meet Clifford Brown. A brilliant trumpet player, the world is blessed to have Clifford Brown’s impressive recorded legacy to listen to. Clifford Brown was 26-years … Continue reading →

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