Tag Archives: Drums
A 2007 Jazziz Article and Four Interviews with Roy Haynes, who Turns 87 Today
Roy Haynes, who turns 87 today, is the living embodiment of the notion that, for certain human beings, age is nothing but a number. Haynes continues to astonish with his brilliance and creativity at the drumkit. I’m posting below an … Continue reading
Filed under Drummer, Interview, Jazziz, Roy Haynes
Memories of Max Roach, (b. Jan. 10, 1924, d. Aug. 16, 2007)
Four years ago, when Max Roach died, DownBeat asked me to write a multi-part appreciation—an obituary, an account of the funeral, and an assessment of his massive contribution to the sound of jazz. Towards this end, I interviewed some 20 … Continue reading
A 1994 WKCR Interview with Ed Thigpen, (Dec. 28, 1930-Jan. 13, 2010 )
In observance of master drummer Ed Thigpen’s birthday, I’m posting the proceedings of an interview that we did on WKCR a few weeks before his 64th birthday, when he was in NYC to play a week at Bradley’s with the … Continue reading
Filed under Drummer, Ed Thigpen, WKCR
An Interview with Alvin Fielder, July 2002
Following up on the previous post, which contained a couple of interviews with Kidd Jordan, here’s one with drummer Alvin Fielder that I initially conducted for what I’d hoped would be a Downbeat feature on the pair. DownBeat wanted to … Continue reading
Filed under AACM, Alvin Fielder, Cadence, Chicago, Drummer, Uncategorized
A Drummers Memorial Roundtable on Billy Higgins on WKCR, May 7, 2001
For this writer, any gig that included drum master Billy Higgins was a must-see. I can’t think of another musician who consistently embodied the principle of playing with an in-the-moment, creative attitude while always attending to the function at hand. … Continue reading
Filed under Billy Higgins, DownBeat, WKCR
Two Interviews with Drummer Brian Blade
Continuing our mini-series on drummers informed by the Afro-diasporic elements of New Orleans culture, here are a pair of interviews with Brian Blade, who turned 41 on July 25th. The first conversation, which originally ran on www.musician.com, comes from 2001, … Continue reading
Filed under Drummer, Interview, Jazz.com, New Orleans
