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Jazz Composition: What is It? - Martin Williams
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."I want to be a composer-arranger, because when you play, you can only express one idea at a time. When you write, you can say it all."-...
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Sittin' In at Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s with Jeff Gold
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sometimes it is difficult to imagine Jazz without photography: they seem to compliment and complement one another.You can close...
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Louis Armstrong: Views of "Pops" By 7 Jazz Trumpeters
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Genius is the transfiguring agent. Nothing else can explain Louis Armstrong's ascendancy. He had no formal training, yet he alchemized...
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Remembering Wardell Gray [1921-1955] - Part 4 - Alun Morgan Essay
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles’ initial effort to help remember and commemorate Wardell Gray on these pages began with The Ira...
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Whitney on Stanley: ”Artistry in Limbo”
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Stan Kenton’s music always evoked strong reactions.And, as you can see from the following essay by the superb Jazz writer and critic, Whitney...
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Thomas "Fats" Waller - 1904-1943
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."My father [Fats Waller] had a unique system to reward inventiveness in improvisation. Pop kept two bottles of gin on a table during the...
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Jazz in Sweden: 1949-1961 - Volume 1
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“As a Swede I am really proud of this music. It all comes from an era when Sweden was at its peak on the international jazz scene....
View ArticleThe Bill Holman Band - The Peacocks
This is Baritone saxophonist & Bass Clarinetist BOB EFFORD. Bob is playing a Low C Bass Clarinet here. This is from the Bill Holman album, “A View From The Side” rec. April 1995:
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Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Hampton Hawes [1928–1977] was one of Jazz's greatest pianists. With the help of Don Asher, a jazz pianist and author of nine books, Hawes wrote...
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