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SONNY STITT - The Early Years, 1941-1952 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...
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Coleman Hawkins - "How Deep Is The Ocean" - An Analysis
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I came across the following analysis of what made the late tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins [1904-1969] such a brilliant improvisor...
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Niklaus Troxler - A Festival Founder Illustrates His Passion For Jazz
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following article takes - dare I say - the illustrious [literally] history of Jazz whose rich tradition includes such luminary...
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Hampton Hawes - All Night Session!
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Comparatively little has been written on the art of jazz improvisation. How the jazzman plays notes, devises figures, invents rhythm, concocts...
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Miles Davis - Winning Respect First, and then, Fame and Fortune
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Beginning in 1955, Miles became the fashion plate of jazz, and that is his most significant contribution of all. Miles has set the...
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Wes Montgomery on Resonance Records
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.When I was working on the recent blog feature - “How the Rhythm Section Got Its Name,” which was derived from Jerry Coker’s...
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Barney, Ray and Shelly [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne helped me to come of age in Jazz.Initially through the series of “Poll...
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Bud Freeman - Unheralded and Too Often Overlooked
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“One of the legendary Austin High School Gang, the elegant Chicagoan, was the first significant tenor saxophonist, a lighter but...
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J.J. Johnston - The Trombone Master
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For the most part, the Columbia Masterworks Series [CMS] was Sony’s way of representing classic or iconic Jazz recordings in its...
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J.J. Johnson, trombone, Freddie Hubbard, trumpet, Clifford Jordan, tenor sax, Cedar Walton, piano. Arthur Harper, bass and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums.
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Charlie Haden: The Ineffable Beauty of the Jazz Bass
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Charlie Haden has a large, warm tone, the subtle vibrato, richness, and manipulations of which are central elements in his...
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LENNIE NIEHAUS OBITUARY 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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The Jazztet - Hard Bop at Its Refined Best
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The Jazztet was formed in 1959, and evolved from a series of associations in several contexts involving trumpeter Art Farmer, tenor...
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