FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE by Eddie Harris
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected, all rights reserved.Most of this is AI generated. See what you think about how it presents an explanation for what's going on in this tune. I inserted...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 2
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Extending a concept begun by Red Mitchell and Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro developed a rapid fingering and plucking system, and found...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 1 by Helene (LaFaro) Hernandez
© Introduction Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected, all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles is currently preparing an anthology of essays, interviews and commentaries devoted...
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Gut versus Steel Bass Strings in the Playing of Scott LaFaro and Marc Johnson
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected, all rights reserved.The following distinction between gut versus steel bass strings is an important one to keep in mind in terms of the extraordinary...
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A Bill Evans Reader Volume 2 THE NOTES
Now available as a paperback and an eBook exclusively on Amazon. Just enter my name under books and scroll down. Thank you for your support. Check the sidebar for the Table of Contents.
View ArticleDuke Ellington's "Reflections in D" with a Commentary by Pianist Bill Evans
"Evans claimed that he rarely played anything in the key of D. He found the resonances and overtones inherent to E and A somehow more appealing. However, he had fallen in love with Duke Ellington's...
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Wynton Kelly: 1931-1971 - “A Pure Spirit”
“Wynton’s situation … is worth noting as a startling example of the strange irrelevance of merit to fame in Jazz.”- Orrin Keepnews, Jazz Producer and Writer“Nothing about his playing seems calculated...
View ArticleMoonglow/Theme from the move Picnic
Morris Stoloff was a musical composer who worked as a musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. He ranks among some of the most-nominated individuals in the history of the Academy...
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Clare, Gary and Warne
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gary Foster, the distinguished alto saxophonist, flutist and all-round good guy, sent along this photo of he and tenor saxophonist, Warne...
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"Checkmate" - John T. Williams and The Shelly Manne Quintet
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“.. what Shelly has done here is to take each piece out of its original setting and put it into a setting all his own. Herein lies, I think,...
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Jon De Lucia - The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again
For those Jazz fans with ready access to NYCOur octet album release show is this Sunday at Birdland Jazz Club. One set at 5:30pm. I hope you can join us! We’ll be performing the never recorded music of...
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Benny Green - RENOVATION - Drops Friday 9.18.2026
Good morning,Just a note that pianist-composer Benny Green will release Renovation, his new solo piano album, THIS FRIDAY,September 18, 2026 via Sunnyside Records.Recorded live at Dizzy's Club in New...
View ArticleBILL EVANS TRIO - The Sesjun Radio Shows
This 12 minute plus track is from the "broadcast live" on December 6, 1979 "De Meerkoet" Lelystad, The Netherlands and features Bill Evans on piano, Marc Johnson on bass and Joe La Barbera on drums....
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Bill Evans Alone - Notes by Bill Evans [Verve V6/8792 LP; Verve CD 833-801-2]
© Introduction. Copyright ® Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected, all rights reserved.“Simultaneously, Evans took the next logical step in his sequence of unaccompanied piano recordings for Verve by...
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New Release - Jon Dryden - Some of My Lies Are True
© Introduction Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Jon Dryden, who serves as a Lecturer in Jazz Studies at San Jose State University and is a Jazz Piano Instructor at...
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"Shorty Rogers - The Gentle Giant" by Howard Lucraft
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following interview/article appeared in the February, 1979 issue of Jazz Journal [Vol. 32, No. 2].With the 1952 release of the...
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Bill Holman - Kenton Recollections: From The Bill Dobbins Interviews
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Legendary jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Bill Holman discusses his life, career and views on music with Bill Dobbins,...
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