Tag Archives: Thelonious Monk

Bobby Colomby: I Learned to Play Drums Playing Monk’s Music

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Bobby Colomby is a record producer of note. He is also an excellent drummer, best known, perhaps, as an original member of Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Bobby Colomby: …Thelonious Monk[‘s]…music to me is very personal. Whatever he plays – … Continue reading →

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Keith Copeland: Building a Jazz Drummer’s Listening Library

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Revisiting my drummer interviews from the early 1980s reminds me how digital audio is making so much music available at such reasonable prices. Many of the recordings drummer Keith Copeland talks about here were either out-of-print or expensive. … Continue reading →

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Chico Hamilton: You Remember What a Nickel Was

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Just finished reading Hannah Rothschild’s biography of her Aunt, “The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild.” Excellent reading about a woman Thelonious “Toot” Monk, Jr. describes as a combination Santa Claus and Mother Theresa for Bebop … Continue reading →

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Frankie Dunlop: All The Geniuses are Like That

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The background on this Frankie Dunlop interview is posted here. Most of Frankie’s published comments, rightly so, are about his work with Thelonious Monk. Here Frankie is sharing words of wisdom about Charles Mingus. Frankie Dunlop: I said … Continue reading →

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Frankie Dunlop: Gene Krupa’s Kindness to an Upcoming Drummer

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I was hanging out with friends outside Clark Tuthill’s house in Centerport, NY in the late 1960s. Clark’s record player was outside too. He was listening – as was often the case – to a Thelonious Monk album. … Continue reading →

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