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Joe Newman - A Relaxed and Poised Trumpeter
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In 1955 and 1956, trumpeter Joe Newman made a series of recordings for RCA that I want to commend to you for their musicianship, their...
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The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.To paraphrase Joseph Epstein’s comments about Literature in a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal, one doesn’t traditionally think of Jazz...
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Phil Woods on Al Cohn
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following excerpts are from Dr. Larry Fisher’s extensive 1988 interview with alto saxophonist and band leader Phil Woods...
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Bridging Sonny Rollins
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“I just happened to be on Delancey Street one day and I looked up and saw these steps going up to the Williamsburg Bridge [which...
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Nat, Mel, Bob and The Christmas Song
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Written shortly after the death of Mel Torme in 1999 for Capitol Records enhanced CD issue of Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song...
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Charles Mingus and The Jazz Workshop
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It’s hard to believe that Charles Mingus conceived the idea for a Jazz Workshop almost 80 years ago, but that was Charles, always so far...
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FURTHER SOUTH: The Musical Odyssey of Harry South 1960-67 by Simon Spillett
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.This essay by Simon Spillett follows his earlier one on the Rhythm and Blues Records 4 CD compilation The Songbook: Harry South...
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Hank Jones - The Elite
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.My how time flies.It seems like only yesterday that I was off to Tower Records in the North Beach area of San Francisco to check out the latest...
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