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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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Kevin Goss - Gratitude
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It’s not often that a recording comes my way featuring a saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone equally well. But...
View ArticleThe History of Gennett Records | The Gennett Suite Documentary Chapter O...
Afternoon listening. Brent Wallarab's orchestral suite celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first Jazz recordings produce at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. Available on Patois Records.
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Dupree Bolton: An Uneven Life By Steve Siegel [From the Archives]
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Steve Siegel has assumed the role of “unofficial” staff writer for JazzProfiles. His latest effort is about the obscure trumpet...
View ArticleJohn Graas Quintet - Walkin' Shoes
Personnel: John Graas (french horn), Art Pepper (tenor sax), Paul Moer (piano), Buddy Clark (bass), Larry Bunker (drums) from the album 'COUP DE GRAAS FEATURING JOHN GRAAS' (EmArcy Records)
View ArticleDance For Daddy - Dave Pell Octet
Dave Pell, tenor sax, Don Fagerquist, trumpet, Ray Sims, trombone, Marty Berman, baritone sax, Tony Rizzi, guitar, Arnold Ross, piano, Bob Bates, bass and Irving Kluger drums.
View ArticleShorty Rogers and His Giants - Popo
Personnel: Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arrange), John Graas (French horn), Gene Englund (tuba), Art Pepper (alto sax), Jimmy Giuffre (tenor sax), Hampton Hawes (piano), Don Bagley (bass), Shelly Manne...
View ArticleThe White Cliffs of Dover.
This is mislabeled on the video title. It's really Johnny Mandel's 1955 arrangement of "The White Cliffs of Dover" from the Dave Pell Octet's 1955 Atlantic LP Jazz & Romantic Placesfeaturing Don...
View ArticleThe Dave Pell Octet - Sing for Your Supper
This one is from 1954 and may be Johnny Mandel's earliest arrangement for Dave Pell's Octet,featuring Don Fagerquist, trumpet, Ray Sims, trombone, Dave on tenor, Ronny Lang on baritone, Tony Rizzi,...
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Helen Merrill – A Restless Musical Soul By: Steve Siegel [From the Archives]
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.With previous features on pianist Wade Legge, the Great Day in Harlem Photograph “Mystery Man” - William J. Crump, drummer Frankie...
View ArticleI'll String Along with You
Ken Peplowski, clarinet, Ted Rosenthal, piano, Martin Wind, bass and Matt Wilson, drums.
View ArticlePAT MARTINO Along Came Betty
This is one of Benny Golson's more famous compositions, but it was not composed to be played as a fast bossa nova. That was down to guitarist Pat Martino's genius.According to Ted Gioia in his seminal...
View ArticleTootsie Roll - The Dave Pell Sextet
The influence of bassist John Kirby's sextet [ca. 1938-1942] is often lost in discussions about the evolution of small group Jazz, but it is lovingly remember on this tribute album by Dave Pell.The...
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Paul Berliner's Thinking in Jazz - by Peter Martin [From the Archives]
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For all the reasons outlined in the following excerpt from Peter Martin’s fine essay Spontaneity and Organization in Mervyn Cooke...
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1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Don’t Be That Way - Benny Goodman
Happy Birthday to Edgar Sampson, composer of "Don't Be That Way"
View Article1944 HITS ARCHIVE: Artistry In Rhythm - Stan Kenton
An earlier version of the Kenton Orchestra theme song with the saxophones in a more prominent role.
View ArticleHoagy Carmichael - Memphis In June
"Play me a Hoagy Carmichael song and I hear the banging of a screen door and the whine of an outboard motor on a lake — sounds of summer in a small-town America that is long gone but still longed...
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