Tag Archives: Scott K Fish

Stanley Turrentine: If You Don’t Love It, Forget It

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Stanley Turrentine: “I tell [young musicians], ‘If you don’t love it, forget it.’ [M]y father…said: ‘Once you feel you can’t learn anything off this instrument, I would suggest that you take it to the nearest river, throw it in – … Continue reading →

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Thelonious Monk’s Hand Sweaters

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Scott K Fish

There was a drugstore near the original Birdland where musicians would sometimes hang out. This writer remembers seeing [Thelonious] Monk there one cold winter night in the late fifties surrounded by a few admirers as he very carefully pulled on a … Continue reading →

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Elvin & Miles: 18 Year Photo Mystery Solved!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: May 19, 1961, Miles Davis and the Gil Evans Orchestra performed their legendary concert at Carnegie Hall. In 1998 Columbia/Legacy released a 2-CD package of the entire concert with extra songs not included with any earlier releases of … Continue reading →

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Arvo Part: Now You Have to Prepare Yourself

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Scott K Fish

In his liner notes to this recording [Tabula Rasa], Wolfgang Sander quotes Arvo Part relating a conversation he had with a Russian Orthodox monk. Part asked the monk what an artist can do to become better — write more prayers, … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Drummer Phillip Wilson

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Blues drumming developed into a fine art in the late ’40s, into the ’50s with the electric blues musicians playing and recording in Chicago, i.e. Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, and Howlin’ Wolf. The … Continue reading →

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