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Stan Getz - East of the Sun: The West Coast Sessions - The Ted Gioia Notes...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Flawless technique, perfect time, strong melodic sense and more than enough harmonic expertise, fabulous memory, and great ears. Add a superb...
View Article"The Paris Concert" Bill Evans Trio - Nardis
"He also began to perform Nardis again, repeating it at almost every concert.The version he played in Paris, and which appears on the The Paris Concert Edition Two is a remarkable one [November 26,...
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Mellophonium Memoirs - The Stan Kenton Orchestra
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Stan really wasn’t concerned about swinging at all. He wanted to hear colors in sound. Lots of colors and dynamics; anything associated with...
View ArticleJohn Handy - Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival
John Handy - Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival (Columbia CS 9262) (1966)John Handy (as), Michael White (violin), Jerry Hahn (g), Don Thompson (b), Terry Clarke (d)Monterey Jazz Festival,...
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Lucky Thompson: Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions, 1956 - 1959 -...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Lucky Thompson has left behind a tremendously varied recorded legacy. His last recordings were made in 1972 and he ceased public performance...
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JAZZ VIBES: Three Eras By DON DeMICHEAL [From the Archives with Revisions and...
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The vibraphone invites overplaying almost by its very nature. … Unlike a horn player, the vibraphonist is unable to sustain notes for...
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"The Story of the Music for Peter Gunn" as told by Henry Mancini, Gene Lees...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Edwards stated for the record that he felt Mancini's scores were responsible for at least 50 percent of the show's success. Then,...
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Jazz with A Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940-1960 - Tad Richards
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Tad Richards handles his subject with taste, intelligence, and love. His conclusions are logical and well-researched. This is a...
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Booker Ervin - The Good Book by Simon Spillett Parts 1-4 Complete with Video...
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. The following appeared in the blog as four, separate feature features in May/June, 2018. It's a lot of research to digest in one sitting,...
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Bix Beiderbecke - Indiana Twilights by Richard Sudhalter
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.This piece appeared in the February 1983 edition of Gene Lees’ Jazzletter which he began writing and publishing in August...
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