Snide Remarks - Bill Stewart Quintet
“Words can’t express how much I admire his drumming,” Scofield wrote in his liner notes to EnRoute, a live trio record issued on Verve in 2004. Metheny, speaking to the Austin Chronicle in advance of a...
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Part 2- "Quincy Jones - A Morning Light" by Raymond Horricks
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.He was born Quincy Delight Jones on March 14, 1933, in Chicago."As one of a family of ten (seven sisters, two brothers) music...
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Part 3- "Quincy Jones - A Morning Light" by Raymond Horricks
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.3“I examined Quincy's leather travelling grip when we met in London in 1957. As if in defiance of the grey July day, it was bright...
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Part 4- "Quincy Jones - A Morning Light" by Raymond Horricks
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.4“Quincy left the band after South America."I could've gone on balling with Dizzy, but I had writing to do and I wanted to be with...
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Little Blue Byrd: [Booker Little, Blue Mitchell and Donald Byrd]
© Introduction Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I have long been a great fan of the efforts of Kenny Mathieson to chronicle stylistic developments in post World War II...
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The M-Squad and TV Jazz - 65 Years Ago!
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I never knew that I had anything in common with the late movie, television and stage actor, Lee Marvin [1924–1987], that is until I undertook...
View ArticleAll About Rosie - George Russell featuring Bill Evans
"Before Bill Evans became a Jazz artist with a national and ultimately an international following, he caused quite a stir in the New York Jazz community of the mid- 1950s."This was largely thanks to...
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The Creative World of Stan Kenton -The Rock Years - Part 7
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Kenton 70's music had many things in common with the bands of other eras including great soloists, great section leaders and a...
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Bill Evans on Developing a Jazz Identity
"I think having one's own sound in a sense is the most fundamental kind of identity in music. But it's a very touchy thing how one arrives at that. It has to be something that comes from inside, and...
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“The Jazz Scene”
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In thinking of how best to “set-the-stage” for this JazzProfiles feature on – The Jazz Scene– one of the unique events in the recorded...
View ArticleChick's Tune (Remastered 2004/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) - Blue Mitchel
Thinking of drummer Al Foster, who died on May 28th, reminded me of this version of Chick's Tune. Written by pianist Chick Corea, the tune is based on the chord changes to You Stepped Out of A Dream.
View ArticleYou Stepped Out Of A Dream (Remastered) - Nat King Cole
"This song didn't become a widely played standard until the 1950s. Recordings by Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz from 1950 helped demonstrate the jazz potential of the piece, while later crossover efforts...
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Duke Jordan: Flight to Europe
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“His style is an amalgam of Art Tatum and Bud Powell, the parts not always cohering with absolute authority. A player of great facility, he may...
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Ray McKinley - 1910-1995 - "Jazz Drumming As A Rhythmic Presence"
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Glenn Miller was worth a million dollars a year while he was alive (an estimate had it that during the early years of the Second World...
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