November 1981 – Volume 5 • Number 8
On 01st Nov 1981
Articles in November 1981
Sonny Greer: The Elder Statesman Of Jazz
William "Sonny" Greer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on December 13, 1903. "I wasn't no rich kid." He remembers, "but I was always comfortable. We were a happy family. My mother and father were very religious. My mother…
Ed Blackwell — "Bemsha Swing"
From the album AVANT GARDE with Don Cherry and John Coltrane Transcribed by Skip Shaffer Skip Shaffer performs and teaches in Burbank, CA.
Ed Blackwelll — Singin' On The Set
Superlatives are like chuff before the wind in describing the drumming of Ed Blackwell, I'm sure I could speak with him for days and still walk away feeling like we'd never even got started. Born and raised in New Orleans,…
Stickings—Part 1
Gary Chaffee received his education at SUNY in Potsdam and DePaul University in Chicago. From 1973-77. Gary was head of the Percussion Dept. at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He presently teaches at his home in Hyde Park,…
Bobby Rosengarden
JB: I'd like to know more about your musical background. BR: My mother was a pianist in a silent movie theatre so there was music in our home constantly. We had a baby grand piano in the house and I…
Donald Knaack
Photo by Rick Mattingly If you have ever complained about the problems of hauling around and setting up a standard drumset, imagine the problems faced by a musician whose instruments are made entirely of glass. In order to do a…
Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner Trying to establish a representative interview with Jim Keltner requires a sense of humor. The way he plays drums and the way he is seem to be so alike. Talk to Jim on Monday about drum heads, for…
November 1981 - Volume 5 • Number 8
Jim Keltner, Terry Bozzio, Ed Blackwell, Sonny Greer, Hal Blaine, Bobby Rosengarden, Stewart Copeland, Lenny White, Barrett Deems, Ron Zito
Terry Bozzio: Burnin'
Terry Bozzio has the chops to be an orchestra percussionist, a jazz fusion burner, or a rock and roll showman, and he's shown off each of those sides of his talent during an eventful career. Bozzio was born in…
