Tag Archives: Tony Williams

Jimmy Madison: Tony Williams – Jazz vs Rock

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My interview with Jimmy Madison appears in the October 1982 Modern Drummer. What some MD readers perceived as Jimmy’s put down of Tony Williams‘s playing is, perhaps, the most remembered part of this interview. I wonder if Jimmy’s … Continue reading →

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Tony Williams: Little Short of Numbing

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Leonard Feather give Kenny Dorham’s classic Una Mas album four of five stars in the March 12, 1964 Down Beat. “Young [Tony] Williams,” Mr. Feather writes, “has a dynamic strength and flowing beat that are, coming from one his … Continue reading →

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Steve Khan on Tony Williams’s “Emergency!”

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Steve Khan: This is Emergency!, right? An important record. It captured a feeling about that particular time, when our music was about to take a great change. It’s a five-star record; the only thing unfortunate about it, considering how recording … Continue reading →

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Simon Phillips: Composition Over Technique

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Saturday Jan 09 2016 A destiny of drumming: World-renowned drummer Simon Phillips and his band, Protocol, perform Wednesday By: Carol Guild, Features Editor – carolg@goldcountrymedia.com [Simon] Phillips’ music has encompassed rock, fusion and jazz. What he performs with Protocol is a … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart on Tony Williams’s ‘Fred’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My friend and music writer par excellence, Chip Stern, had a very good, albeit short-lived, idea for a drummer’s magazine. I did some writing for Chip’s magazine, but I don’t know that any of it saw the light … Continue reading →

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