Graduation Day - Bobby Militello
Alto saxophonist Bobby Militello featuring Bobby Jones on Hammond B-3 Organ and Bob Leatherbarrow on drums.
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Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver
Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings is the first official release of the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins’ European...
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Transitioning to Cerra.Substack.Com
After over 15 years of posting new features to the JazzProfiles blog, beginning June 1st of this year, these will be posted exclusively for paid memberships at cerra.substack.com.This transition to...
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The Glenn Miller Years - Parts 1-7 Complete [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“... no artist should ever be evaluated other than by his intention. And Glenn Miller had no intention of leading a jazz band, despite the...
View ArticleThe Victor Feldman All Stars – Soviet Jazz Themes (1963)
Victor brought a bunch of tunes back with him that Soviet Union musicians gave him during his early 1960s tour with Benny Goodman.He's joined by Nat Adderley, cornet, Harold Land, ts, Joe Zawinul, p,...
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Bill Holman Obituary by Gordon Jack
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved"I used to think that writing a jazz arrangement was like a stream of consciousness, the same as a jazz solo. You just started...
View ArticleVoyage - Stan Getz & Kenny Barron
Jun 18, 2021Stan Getz: sax Kenny Barron: piano Rufus Reid: bass Victor Lewis: drums Live at Café Montmartre - Copenhagen.1987
View ArticleA Night In Tunisia - Lee Morgan with Pepper Adams
Trumpet: Lee Morgan, Baritone Saxophone: Pepper Adams, Piano: Bobby Timmons, Bass, Paul Chambers, Drums: Philly Joe Jones
View ArticleJ.S. Bach: Chorale Dave Brubeck and Dave Van Kreidt REUNION
Piano: Dave Brubeck, Alto Saxophone: Paul Desmond Tenor Saxophone: Dave Van Kriedt, Bass:Norman Bates, Drums: Joe Morello Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Arranger, Work Arranger: Dave Van Kriedt
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Etienne Charles - Creole Orchestra
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Notes from the Producer/Arranger WOW! A Big Band record. A dream come true.In many musical situations the Arranger has become the...
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The Advent of Jackie McLean: The Blue Note Years [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“He patented a sound that was compounded equally of bebop and the new, free style. Raw and urgent, no one else sounds quite like him.”-...
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