Dexter G̲o̲r̲d̲o̲n̲ – O̲u̲r̲ M̲a̲n̲ I̲n̲ P̲a̲r̲i̲s (1̲9̲6̲3̲)̲
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Name Band 1959 - Bob Florence and His Orchestra
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“There was a time when the big bands were king, played to packed theaters and ballrooms everywhere, and whose nitely broadcasts...
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Basin Street Blues - Reharmonized by pianist Victor Feldman
Working on the Victor Feldman chapter for my forthcoming Profiles in Jazz and Its Makers Volume 1" -Mike Hennessey in his insert notes to Dynavibes: The Jeff Hamilton Trio featuring Frits Landesbergen...
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The Miles Davis 1948/49 Group - from "Modern Jazz" by Morgan and Horricks
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For the longest time, I was under the impression that the primary treatments on the subject of West Coast Jazz or, if you prefer, Jazz on the...
View ArticleGet Happy - Bud Powell with Curly Russell [b], Max Roach [d].
"Of all the musicians I ever loved - Bird and Stan Getz and Miles and lots of others who no one ever knows I've listened to - it was Bud who influenced me the most.I was fifteen when I first heard...
View ArticleCarmen McRae: "Satin Doll"
There was nothing quite like hearing Carmen McRae sing in-person. To my ears, she was the epitome of a song stylist, but actually watching her shape a song in real time was a captivating and beguiling...
View ArticleThe Complete Bud Powell on Verve - CD 1
"The Complete Bud Powell on Verve they settle for a non-committal January or February, with the second part of the date given as February or Spring 1949. Whatever the real details, the trio cut six...
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The Enigma of Miles Davis - Barbara J. Gardner
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.This feature about Miles Davis’ career after he made the move to Columbia Records in 1955 is part of a continuing effort to highlight the...
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Dizzy Gillespie And The Double Six Of Paris - Revised and Expanded
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.Dizzy Gillespie And The Double Six Of Paris [Philips 830224-2] Gillespie; James Moody (as); Kenny Barron, Bud Powell (p); Chris White,...
View ArticleToots Thielemans - Secret Love
It's always amazes me what's available on YouTube these days. Case in point, this marvelous Toots track of "Secret Love" featuring a very young Herbie Hancock on piano with Ron Carter bass and Ronnie...
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Jack Teagarden, Basin Street Blues and New Orleans
© Introduction Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“‘Jack was just a gentle, good-natured, soft-spoken guy,’ said bassist Jack Lesberg, who worked with Teagarden...
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Dermot Rogers is Alive, Well and Very Busy at Livia Records
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra 2025 All rights reserved.While I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my recent books Profiles inJazz: Writings on Jazz and Its Makers Volume 1 and Jazz Drummers Volume...
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Profiles in Jazz: Writings on Jazz and Its Makers - Steven A. Cerra
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra 2025 All rights reserved.Now available as a paperback and eBook exclusively from Amazon. In depth reviews of the Jazz literature on the life and music of twelve Giants of...
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"THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET 1952–1953" - Matthew Ruddick, My Funny Valentine:...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.© Copyright ® Matthew Ruddick, copyright protected; all rights reserved, used with the author's permission.The following is...
View ArticleChet Baker & Gerry Mulligan- Carioca
This is from a time when no self-respecting Jazz musician, especially one with a big band arranging background like Gerry Mulligan, "would go anywhere" [i.e. play a tune/song] without an arrangement....
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Milt Jackson [1923-1999] - A Vital Force on the Vibraphone [From the Archives...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Improvisation is raised to the level of an art when it involves two factors which pull the performer in opposite directions:...
View ArticleSuperwoman - The Phil Woods Six
I thought the title of this tune was appropriate for today's [May 11th] celebration of Moms because who among us doesn't recognize them as SUPERWOMAN?Phil Woods is certainly no stranger to recordings...
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