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Revisiting Onzy Matthews: L.A. and Dallas Blues [From The Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“He was an incredibly imaginative arranger, especially when it came to varied and vivid blues compositions. Hopefully with the release of...
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The Legendary Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - A Music Lover's Dream
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“To the history of recorded sound, the orchestra led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan has made one of the most remarkable...
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Bass Players: Scott LaFaro and Gary Peacock
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sometimes I think the acoustic string bass is the least appreciated of all the instruments used in the making of Jazz. One obvious reason for...
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The Boston Jazz Chronicles: Faces, Places and Nightlife 1937-1962
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."This is the book that many of us have been waiting for. Thank you, Richard Vacca, for giving us so much information on the rich history...
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The Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Orchestra: A Big Band Is Born
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Who would have thought that a big band born twenty years [20] after their heyday would still be going strong almost fifty [55] years later?Such...
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Lee Konitz [1927-2020] In Memoriam - The Gordon Jack Interview
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles wanted to feature something about Lee Konitz’s association with the epic Birth of the Cool recordings...
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Shorty Rogers, trumpet, Jimmy Giuffre, tenor sax, Pete Jolly, piano, Curtis Counce, bass and Shelly Manne, drums. The tune is by Johnny Mandel.
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Lee Konitz Nonet by Gordon Jack
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Lee Konitz died on April 15, 2020 at the age of 92.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles thought it would be appropriate to re-post this piece as...
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Rod Levitt - "the discipline and full sound of a big band with the solo...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."When I got out of the Army in 1949 and returned to my studies at the University of Washington, I soon discovered the afternoon jam...
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Part 1 -"1959: The Beginning of Beyond: Introduction and Historical Records"...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following serves as an explanation about how Darius Brubeck’s essay - 1959: The Beginning of Beyond - came about. In its final...
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We Want Miles: MILES DAVIS VS. JAZZ
© -Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The archetypal jazzman, as elegant as he was inaccessible, Miles Davis was considered the twentieth-century incarnation of cool, both in...
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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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Part 2 - "1959: The Beginning of Beyond: A Critical Debate at the End of the...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Part 2 from the Darius Brubeck’s essay - 1959: The Beginning of Beyond - which in its final form, it serves as Chapter 10 in Merwyn...
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Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna - The More I See You
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Bootsie Barnes passed away on April 22, 2020 at the age of 82. The editorial staff at JazzProfiles is re-posting this piece as a tribute...
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