Too Marvelous For Words - Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan
Lee Konitz [1927-2020] was - "Too Marvelous For Words."Close your eyes and listen to this brilliant example of improvising on the melody.
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Lee Konitz Obituary - Gordon Jack
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gordon Jack is a frequent contributor to the Jazz Journaland a very generous friend in allowingJazzProfilesto re-publish his...
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Gil Evans & Ten = The "Mystical Number Eleven"
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“This album should not be evaluated alongside those Gil did with Miles, rather, it should be viewed as the first document of Gil's...
View ArticleRonnie Cuber - Tin Tin Deo
Ronnie on baritone sax with Barry Harris on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Albert Heat on drums.
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Steve Wilkerson – Sure Enough!
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Steve Wilkerson swings hard one moment and lyrically mesmerizes the next; he is beautifully showcased by the writing of Sandy Megas and nine...
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Ronnie Cuber - The Early Years
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sixty Years after he made his first appearance on the Jazz scene in 1960 with the Newport Jazz Festival Youth Band, Ronnie Cuber is...
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TONY FRUSCELLA by Gordon Jack
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gordon Jack is a frequent contributor to the Jazz Journaland a very generous friend in allowingJazzProfilesto re-publish his...
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Part 3 - "1959: The Beginning of Beyond: Conceptualizing Jazz, Jazz Changes...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“ … revealing the harmonic subtlety of the popular song … [became] the defining, exclusive characteristic of jazz.”- Darius...
View ArticleFelliniJazz - Enrico Pieranunzi - "I Vitelloni"
I think we are now living in a Fellini film.Welcome to the circus!
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Hal Willner: 1956 - 2020
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."He was someone who had a rare quality belonging to the world of intuition. Just like children, simple men, sensitive people,...
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Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.At one time or another many, if not most, Jazz musicians want to try their hand at playing in a big band.When you are in one that clicks,...
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Max Roach and Art Blakey: The Role of the Drummer Leader by Raymond Horricks
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following essay by Raymond Horricks which can be found in his book These Jazzmen of Our Times, which was published in 1960 by...
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