Tag Archives: Thelonious Monk

Frankie Dunlop on Mingus the Perfectionist (or, Frankie! The Tempo’s Gone Down!)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A favorite moment from my interviews with the great drummer Frankie Dunlop. Now, for the first time, listeners can hear Frankie’s impersonation of Charles Mingus as Frankie describes a moment on The Half Note bandstand drumming with Mingus. … Continue reading →

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Frankie Dunlop: Monk’s Lesson on Slow vs Fast Playing

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: One of my favorite parts of my interviews with the great drummer Frankie Dunlop. Now, for the first time, listeners can hear Frankie describe his lesson from Thelonious Monk on playing fast vs playing slow — including Frankie’s … Continue reading →

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Audio: Frankie Dunlop: Monk Said, “Keep the Time, Regardless”

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Frankie Dunlop agreed to a feature interview for Modern Drummer magazine, which was published in 1984. I didn’t know at the time my interview sessions with Frankie would be his only full-length interview. Now, 30 plus years later … Continue reading →

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Frankie Dunlop: Recording a Garbage Can Lid with Mingus

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A segment from the full transcript of my Frankie Dunlop interviews. The back story on the interview is posted here. In researching for my meeting with Frankie Dunlop — pre-internet — I found Frankie listed as playing percussion on … 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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