Leroy Vinnegar - Leroy Walks Again!! ( Full Album )
Leroy Vinnegar - bass.... Freddy Hill - trumpet.... Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone.... Victor Feldman - vibraphone, piano (# 1, 3, 4 & 6).... Roy Ayers - vibraphone (# 2, 5, 7 & 8).... Mike...
View ArticleLeroy V̲i̲n̲n̲e̲gar Se̲x̲t̲e̲t – ̲L̲e̲r̲oy ̲W̲a̲l̲k̲s̲! (̲1̲9̲5̲7̲)̲
It's the anniversary of bassist Leroy Vinnegar's birth [1928-1999].Bassist Leroy Vinnegar's July, 1957 debut album, thanks to the kindness of Lester Koenig of Contemporary Records, features three...
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The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets by Alyn Shipton - The Gordon Jack Review
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."The book places Gerry Mulligan's 1950s pianoless quartet in its historical and musical context by a detailed discussion of its...
View ArticleHow Insensitive - Steve Kuhn
How Insensitive - Steve Kuhn Looking Back / Recorded at RPM Sound Studios, New York City, October 1990 Steve Kuhn (p) David Finck (b) Lewis Nash (ds)
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Steve Kuhn - Back in Focus
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.What is the essence of the Russian piano technique?“You breathe as if you were playing a horn, from the diaphragm. You think of your...
View ArticleFrank Rosolino on "Too Marvelous For Words"
There is this story on Tyler Bullion's site trombonechat.com following a transcription of Frank Rosolino's solo on "Too Marvelous for Words"A guy did a transcription of one of Frank's solos and then...
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The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets by Alyn Shipton -The JazzProfiles Review
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Mulligan's brainy but playful artistry gets the attention it deserves in this valuable study by Alyn Shipton. His writing teems...
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Raymond Scott Reimagined - An Unprecedented Musical Journey
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Composer, inventor, visionary pianist, engineer, electronic music producer, control freak"—Irwin Chusid (Scott archivist, catalog...
View ArticleJunior Cook - 01 - Fiesta Espanol
Celebrating the memory of Junior Cook on the occasion of his brithday.
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Nick Brignola: Roaring and Soaring on Baritone Saxophone [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Nick celebrated an anniversary birthday recently (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) and I thought it would be nice to celebrate it with a...
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Victor Feldman - Blindfold Test with Leonard Feather [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Regular visitors to these pages are by now familiar with the personal and professional relationship I had with Victor Feldman during his and...
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The Modern Jazz Quartet - "No Sun In Venice" [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It didn’t last very long, but it was fun while it did.Movies and TV series...
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Denny Zeitlin "Solo Piano, Crazy Rhythm - Exploring George Gershwin"
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Denny Zeitlin has been the subject of numerous features on this blog including a 43 page overview of his work dating back to the...
View ArticleKRUPA AND RICH Buddy Rich & Gene Krupa FULL ALBUM
The question was once put squarely to Gene Krupa: What do you think of Buddy Rich? With no hesitation, Krupa replied: ‘Buddy Rich?’ I think Buddy Rich is the greatest drummer in the world today, bar...
View ArticleFrank Rosolino- Violets with The Metropole Orkest
A brilliant performance of "Violets" by Frank Rosolino with the Metropole Orchestra, Dolf van Der conducting,Jerry van Rooyen wrote the arrangement.It was recorded in June, 1973 at Radio NOS Studios in...
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Mike Le Donne on Working with Ron Carter
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Now that I’m playing drums again on somewhat of a regular basis, I’m always delighted when someone from the audience comes up to me during a...
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"There'll Be Some Changes Made"
Beginning August 1st and continuing on a twice-a-week basis throughout that month, JazzProfiles will be reposting the work of guest writer Steve Siegel.With previous features on pianist Wade Legge,...
View ArticleGil Evans & 10 ( Full Album )
“This album should not be evaluated alongside those Gil did with Miles, rather, it should be viewed as the first document of Gil's work on his own. In it he was liberated from the exigencies of writing...
View ArticleBasin Street Blues
A brilliant reharmonization of this Jazz standard by pianist Victor Feldman. Miles never played better than when he was in a reflective mood. When he was, you could really hear what Gil Evans meant...
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THE SHORT AND CURIOUS LIFE OF WADE LEGGE By Steve Siegel [From the Archives]
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Steve Siegel reached out to the editorial staff at JazzProfiles recently and inquired if we would have any interest in featuring...
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