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Boots Mussulli 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...
View ArticleGet Out Of Town - Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier is one of the most original alto players in Jazz. Plays beautiful flute as well.With Danny Moore on trumpet/flugelhorn, Harold Mabern, piano, Lisle Atkinson, bass and Michael Carvin on...
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Madd for Tadd- "Central Swing & Our Delight"
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“... Dameron is a much underrated performer who stands at the fulcrum of modern Jazz, midway between Swing and Bebop. Combining the...
View ArticlePhil̲l̲y ̲J̲o̲e̲ J̲o̲n̲e̲s̲ – ̲M̲o̲'̲J̲o̲e̲ (̲1̲9̲6̲8̲)̲
This recording stems from Philly Joe Jones' London "residency" from 1967-69.This may be the only recorded example of his stay in Londinium.What a band!Kenny Wheeler or Les Condon, trumpet, Chris Pyne,...
View ArticleBud Powell The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings 1994 - cd1
Today is the Bud's birthday so I thought it would be fun to celebrate it while listening to him during his great years."If I had to choose one single musician for his artistic integrity, for the...
View ArticleCedar Walton (1977) [BLUE TRAIN]
"Blue Train" reimagined in 6/8 [or 2]Tenor saxophonist Bob Berg's solo on this is one for the ages.
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Thinking in Jazz - "The Life Cycles of Bands, the Creative Process and the...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“It is, perhaps, in guiding other artists to discover deep within themselves unique facets of their own sensitivities and talents, and in...
View ArticleMichel Legrand - Night in Tunisia
Legrand Jazz was one of those recordings, to use pianist’s Barry Harris’ phrase, that helped me “see out a bit” [in other words, to get beyond my initial Jazz preferences and to develop an interest in...
View ArticleSenor Blues - The Horace Silver Quintet
Piano: Horace Silver, Bass: Doug Watkins, Drums: Louis Hayes, Trumpet: Donald Byrd, Tenor Saxophone: Hank Mobley
View ArticleHorace SILVER Moon rays (1958)
Track#4 from the album "Further Explorations". Horace Sliver (piano), Art Farmer (trumpet), Clifford Jordan (Tenor sax), Teddy Kotick (bass), Louis Hayes (drums).
View ArticleOur Waltz by David Rose - George Shearing and the Robert Farnon Orchestra
Does it get anymore beautiful than this?
View ArticleRonnie Ross & Allan Ganley - The Raal Funky Blues
It's the anniversary of Ronnie Ross' birthday.
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Thinking in Jazz - "Learning Jazz Through Osmosis - Early Performance Models"...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Musically, Jazz can’t be taught, but it can be learnedWe all learn differently.When it came to Jazz, learning more about it became...
View Article"Mean To Me" by The Curtis Counce Group
What a band!Jack Sheldon, trumpet, Harold Land, tenor sax, Carl Perkins, piano, Curtis Counce bass, and Frank Butler, drums.
View ArticleWynton Kelly Trio - Skatin'
Pianist Wynton Kelly with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums.
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