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Smith, Brubeck, Wright and Morello - Not A Law Firm - Part 1
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I’m often asked what the source is for my blog postings or, how do I decide what to post about?I never know how to answer that...
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Capitol Records – A Towering Success
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sometimes it’s fun to look back and see how much things can change in a person’s lifetime.Digital sound files may have been a nascent idea...
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J.J. JOHNSON AND KAI WINDING QUINTET: The Early Years by Gordon Jack
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gordon Jack is a frequent contributor to the Jazz Journaland a very generous friend in allowingJazzProfilesto re-publish his...
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Hentoff on Mingus - Nat Hentoff's Liner Notes to Charles Mingus' Recordings...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Hentoff never attempted to tell us how to listen to Mingus or what to hear or, … , tell us how to feel. What he did do, however,...
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Smith, Brubeck, Wright and Morello - Not A Law Firm - Part 2
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“... Wright's sunny temperament lightened the mood by balancing out Morello's brooding, and the chemistry felt instantly right....
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AN AUDIENCE WITH MILT BERNHART - Part 1
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. This is a wonderful interview with Milt Bernhart [1926-2004], the late big band and studio trombonist who was resident in Los...
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AN AUDIENCE WITH MILT BERNHART - Part 2
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. This is a wonderful interview with Milt Bernhart [1926-2004], the late big band and studio trombonist who was resident in Los...
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Armstrong and Handy - An Unbeatable Combination
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“THE PRIMITIVE SOUTHERN NEGRO, AS HE SANG, WAS SURE TO BEAR DOWN ON THE THIRD AND SEVENTH TONE OF THE SCALE, SLURRING BETWEEN MAJOR...
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