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Contemporary Concepts - Bill Holman and Stan Kenton
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In this, his 93rd birthday year, the editorial staff at JazzProfiles is doing its best to help the Bill Holman celebration along by posting a...
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Gerry Mulligan - The May 26,1960 Downbeat Blindfold Test
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gerry Mulligan’s wit and intelligence shines through once again this time on a Blindfold Test which was conducted by Leonard Feather for...
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Paul Desmond - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings featuring Jim Hall [From...
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Paul Desmond and Doug Ramsey were pals.All of us should be so lucky to have a friend like, Doug.In honor of his late, buddy’s...
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Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen Since 1971 - Derrick Bang
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Elmer Bernstein's aggressive, jazz-laden score for 1955's The Man with the Golden Arm triggered the soundtrack world's first...
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Warne Marsh's Inner Melody - The 1983 Downbeat Interview with Francis Davis
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“He hasn't always been able to call his own tune, and he has sometimes had to pay the piper, taking menial day jobs which at least...
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"How Many of You Are There In The Quartet?" - Paul Desmond
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.[Anthony] Braxton: “I have eight million heroes.”Graham] Lock: “OK, let's take them one at a time. Paul Desmond was your first major...
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Paul Desmond: From the Hot Afternoon
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“There is not a musician alive I admire more.” — Gene LeesPaul Desmond had such a close and enduring association with Dave Brubeck...
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THE GERRY MULLIGAN SEXTET by Gordon Jack
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gordon Jack is a frequent contributor to the Jazz Journal and a very generous friend to these pages in his allowance of JazzProfiles...
View ArticleHappying by: Rare Silk
"Happying". Written by: Joseph "Flip" Nunez. Harmony Sung by: MaryLynn Gillaspie, Todd Buffa, Gaile Gillaspie, Marguerite Juennemann. Band: Rare Silk. Album: New Weave. ©1983 Polydor Records. Long...
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Bill Holman - Kenton Recollections: From The Bill Dobbins Interviews
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Legendary jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Bill Holman discusses his life, career and views on music with Bill Dobbins,...
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Fran Warren - Hey There!
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.One day, when the world was young, I was waiting my turn at the grocery store checkout stand, when I happened to look over to an adjacent...
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Nat "King" Cole - The Gene Lees Essay - Part 1
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“You never lose that Jazz feeling.”- Nat “King” Cole to Don Freeman, October 6, 1950, Downbeat“The chemistry of Cole-and-Capitol would...
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Nat "King" Cole - The Gene Lees Essay - Part 2
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."What set Nat King Cole apart from Sinatra and Fitzgerald, ... , was the other rabbit in his musical hat: Cole was also one of the...
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