Clik here to view.
Michel Petrucciani: A Career of Urgency - The Blue Note Years
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Still a few days shy of his 23rd birthday, on December 20, 1985, Michel Petrucciani along with Palle Danielsson on bass and Eliot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michel Petrucciani: A Career of Urgency - The Dreyfus Years
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.By the time Michel Petrucciani signed with Dreyfus records in 1993 there would be no mistaking his style for that of any other Jazz...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michel Petrucciani: A Career of Urgency - Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For most of the year following the death of Michel Petrucciani in January 1999, somewhat reflexively, I played his music on a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Plus Michel Petrucciani - Keys to the Kingdom" by David Hadju
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following piece by David Hajdu was prepared for publication in 2009 so as to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Michel’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michel Petrucciani - The Richard Cook Annotations and Reviews
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Not surprisingly, biographies about Michel Petrucciani are primarily available in French. These include Michel Petrucciani by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michel Petrucciani - The Obituaries
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“There is a great difference between what you can play in music or how you can play in music. Someone can play all the right...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Orchestra at Birdland - Ira Gitler
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following appeared in the April, 1964 edition of DownbeatIra Gitler was one of the more esteemed Jazz critics at that time and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phil Woods and The European Rhythm Machine [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Mr. Woods was one of the leading alto saxophonists in the generation that followed Charlie Parker, who had set an imposing new bar for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Creative World of Stan Kenton - Part 5
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In developing a broader understanding and appreciation of Kenton 70's music to share with you in these continuing features on the...
View Article