Interview with big band drummer John von Ohlen from Modern Drummer, March, 1985, by Scott K. Fish, with the many good parts pulled out here, by me. Von Ohlen toured with with the Woody Herman […]
Category: jazz
Kenny Clarke on the invention of the ride cymbal
…and modern drumming in general, excerpted from Ed Thigpen’s Kenny Clarke interview in the Feb. 1984 Modern Drummer. I originally posted this last year on the Drummerworld.com forum. From Thigpen’s introduction: It’s understandably difficult for […]
Kerry Campbell at Kicknbaque!
I went down and sat in with Mr. Campbell’s group at the Kicknbaque on NE MLK & Fremont. A very raucus scene with people dancing, rappers sitting in with the group and such. I hadn’t […]
Saxophonist Bob Mover at Mississippi Studios. Got this with the Lomo. This is an old favorite shot of mine, but I’ll probably cut it from the portfolio.
Mark Turner plays with Matt Jorgensen’s group on Origin Record’s Ballard Jazz Walk this month.