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‘Artemis’ Review: An All-Female Septet With Steady Aim by Larry Blumenfeld
Larry Blumenfeld is an keen observer of the elements influencing today’s Jazz scene and it’s a privilege to have his writing grace these pages. We’ve also scheduled his review on “Monk Goes to...
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Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen Since 1971 - Derrick Bang
© Copyright ® Derrick Bang, 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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Billy Bauer - Plectrist
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“I began to know Billy Bauer in 1949 with Lennie Tristano's band. To me Billy is a great asset to a rhythm section: his time is strong and...
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"COMPADRES WITH B R U B E C K" - Jerome Klinkowitz, Listen Gerry Mulligan: An...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Although the billing of the group is ‘The Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Gerry Mulligan,’ Brubeck invariably refers to it as “the...
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Stan Kenton in "Balboa" -by Carol Easton
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."We were wired that first summer at Balboa. We were glued in. We all had houses or apartments down there; my wife and I lived...
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‘Palo Alto’ by Thelonious Monk Review: A Jazz Titan Goes to High School -...
‘Palo Alto’ by Thelonious Monk Review: A Jazz Titan Goes to High SchoolA previously unreleased recording of the pianist’s 1968 concert in a California school auditorium shows his quartet in fine,...
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Martin Williams Gettin’ Together with Art Pepper in Jazz Changes
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Martin Williams is perhaps the greatest living jazz critic."- Gunther Schuller"Martin Williams is one of the few truly distinguished...
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Bob Gordon – Baritone Blues - Gordon Jack
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Bob Gordon, another sideman on the [Clifford] Brown sessions for Pacific Jazz, also might have made a major impact on West Coast jazz...
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Stan Kenton - The Allyn Ferguson Interview by Lillian Arganian
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It's no mystery what Stan tried to do. He did the same thing that all composers, all serious artists, have always done. He was...
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Brigitte Studio Freddie Hubbard & The Allyn Ferguson Orchestra
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Lee Morgan: Incandescent, Incendiary and Insouciant [From The Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Wherever the Jazz winds blow, you’ll find Lee Morgan blowing straight ahead and swinging. He blows with unflagging zest tempered with superb...
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