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Audio: Artimus Pyle – Where My Style Comes From (1982)

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I don’t have much to add to my written introduction to Artimus Pyle’s Modern Drummer interview in April 1983 – which is available here. Paul T. Riddle as co-interviewer was great. His friendship and history with Artimus were … Continue reading →

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Terri Lyne: I Didn’t Know Girls Didn’t Play Drums

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Scott K Fish

DRUMMING UP INTEREST IN NEWPORT BY BILL BROTHERTON | 2017-08-02 19:56:38 Terri Lyne Carrington: “I didn’t know that girls didn’t play drums. There was no stigma. My parents encouraged me. By late elementary school or junior high, most girls stop … Continue reading →

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Philly Joe Jones: Nobody Plays Like That

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Just when I least expected it, up pops Benny Golson & The Philadelphians on Amazon’s $5.00 jazz album list with superb Philly Joe Jones drumming throughout. I’m posting Stablemates from the album as an example. Listen to Philly … Continue reading →

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Gil Evans: The Answer to All Musical Problems

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This weekend I re-read Gil Evans‘s 5/20/76 interview with Down Beat contributor Arnold Jay Smith, on the cusp of synthesizers’ broad use in jazz and other musics. Evans, creator of unique, acoustic sounds, was an early proponent of … Continue reading →

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Dancing to a Flexible Beat

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Last night I realized a line dance class with 40 amateur adult dancers is a perfect place to study how differently people can dance out of unison with each other – and still be dancing in time. That … Continue reading →

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