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Jackie McLean and "The Connection" at The Crossroads
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles has previously posted about Jack Gelber’s play The Connectionand the music that pianist Freddie...
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Adam Shatz on Stanley Crouch - New York Review of Books 9.24.2020
“When I was first introduced to Stanley Crouch, more than twenty years ago, I never imagined becoming friends with him. Stanley, who died last week, at seventy-four, after a long illness, was at the...
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Tubby Hayes and Paul Gonsalves: A New Look at Change of Setting by Simon...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Simon Spillett is back visiting with us again, this time on a subject that’s near-and-dear to his heart - tenor saxophonist...
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Pure Jazz Incarnate: A New Look at Al and Zoot in London by Simon Spillett
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For Simon Spillett I would imagine that the next best thing after playing his tenor saxophone is talking and writing about other...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 1
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles is currently preparing a synopsis of Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro (University of...
View ArticleTubby Hayes/Paul Gonsalves - Pedro's Walk
Jimmy Deuchar (tp,mell), Les Condon (tp), Keith Christie (tb), Tubby Hayes (ts,vib,as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jackie Sharpe (bs), Stan Tracey (p), Lennie Bush (b), Ronnie Stephenson...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 2
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Extending a concept begun by Red Mitchell and Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro developed a rapid fingering and plucking system, and found...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 3
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“VICTOR FELDMAN, THE ARRIVAL OF VICTOR FELDMAN (Contemporary Records, 1958)Vibraphone and piano: Victor Feldman Bass: Scott LaFaro Drums:...
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Scott LaFaro - "Young Mr. LaFaro" - Part 4
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.[As you read the following substitute the words “string bass” for “violin.”]“Grammarians are to authors what a violin maker is to a...
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Cal Tjader: The Life & Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz -...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Within one of the most complex musical categories ever, Cal Tjader quietly pioneered as a jazz vibraphonist, composer, arranger and...
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‘The Lost Berlin Tapes’ by Ella Fitzgerald Review: Always in Full Swing
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.On March 25, 1962, Ella Fitzgerald returned to Berlin, the scene of one of her greatest recorded triumphs - the Grammy...
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