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Bill Evans - The 1979 Wayne Enstice - Paul Rubin Interview
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Bill Evans, one of the foremost jazz pianists of the postbop era, profoundly influenced three generations of keyboard players. Among...
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Buddy Rich - The Harvey Siders Interview
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For someone who’s time in the Jazz World had begun almost 30 years earlier, it’s difficult to understand how significant the “starting point”...
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© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Piano is such an intriguing instrument. Not only can one pound the hell out of it, but it can also be played softly, almost caressingly, to a...
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“The Haunted Jazz of Hank Mobley" by Richard Brody
The Front Row“The Haunted Jazz of Hank Mobley Richard BrodyThe New Yorker March 25, 2020Saxophonist Hank Mobley performs onstage on December 28, 1956 in New York.Photograph by Popsie Randolph / Michael...
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© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Louis Armstrong was the father of “vernacular music,” which was made possible by the microphone. Anyone with any kind of contemporary...
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