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Part 5 - "1959: The Beginning of the Beyond - The Lydian Chromatic Concept...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Russell codified the modal approach to harmony (using scales instead of chords) in a theoretical treatise that he says was inspired...
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Buddy DeFranco Interview with Steve Voce
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Woody [Herman] has no encouraging words about the status or future of the clarinet in jazz. He says there are no new players who have...
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Joe Morello - In A Big Band Setting
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The music on this album represents Joe Morello at his peak, and shows off some sides of his playing that have been relatively...
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Milestones - The Music and Times of Miles Davis by Jack Chambers
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.MILES DAVIS : Milestones, [Columbia C L 1193]“Side 1: Dr. Jekyl, while not especially melodic, gives the group an excellent opportunity to...
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Harold in the Land of Jazz
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The “Harold” in the title of this piece is tenor saxophonist Harold Land [1928-2001]. If you were an Los Angeles based Jazz fan or...
View ArticleNo Joy in Mudville Bill Holman and The Metropole Orchestra Live at T...
Happy 93rd Birthday, Willis!"No Joy in Mudville" Bill Holman and The Metropole Orchestra Live at The Bimhuis 2000
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Part 6- "1959: The Beginning of the Beyond - The 1959 Recordings" - Darius...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The freedom to import or invent musical resources fundamentally changed the role of the composer-performer in jazz. Like Jelly Roll...
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"The Story of the Music for Peter Gunn" as told by Henry Mancini, Gene Lees...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Edwards stated for the record that he felt Mancini's scores were responsible for at least 50 percent of the show's success. Then,...
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Ladies Day – Monica Ramey and The Beegie Adair Trio
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.IT'S ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS. THE SUBTLE THINGS.“It was a thought that repeated in my mind as I listened to this album. My ear would be...
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Harry James 1916-1983: Remembering An Extraordinary Musician
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I haven’t been able to get the tune Sleepy Time Gal out of our mind today. I woke up singing it in my head. Later in the day I was humming it;...
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Steve Fidyk - "Battle Lines"
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Since the inception of the music over 100 years ago, how to resolve the issue of striking a balance between exhibiting drum...
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Louis Prima – Show Time!
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“In 1954, after a few years of scuffling, he and his new vocalist Keely Smith (by this time his wife) joined together with saxophonist Sam...
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Lionel Hampton: A Founding Father of the Jazz Vibraphone
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“When he joined Benny Goodman’s orchestra in 1936, Lionel Hampton’s principal instrument, the vibraphone, was relatively unknown in the...
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