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Terry Gibbs Dream Band - Volume 7: The Lost Tapes
© Introduction Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.This CD just arrived from Terri Hinte’s public relations firm and I thought I’d share the media release “as is” so I...
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Working on the Victor Feldman chapters for the second volume of the Jazz West Coast Reader. Victor had a real gift for composition. Here he is in the company of Frank Rosolino, Harold Land, Carl...
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Bill Crow - "An 87-Year Old Bass Players from Othello, Washington"
© -Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles thought it would be fun to repost this feature about bassist about Bill Crow, one of the "good guys" in...
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Papa Jo Jones, 1911-1985, The Man Who Played Like The Wind
© Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Papa Joe Jones … “the man who played like The Wind.”“Jo Jones discovered that he could play the flow of the rhythm, not its demarcation.” –...
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Go Slow - The Life of Julie London by Michael Owen
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Beautifully crafted and stunningly researched, this entertaining biography of Julie London reminds us of why she matters, now and for always....
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SPRING IN STOCKHOLM - To Be Released November 15, 2024
"Another major facet of Mulligan's career was piano-free quartets. In the early ’50s these bands, which Mulligan typically co-led with trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, were astonishing in their lean,...
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Concerts By The Sea - Howard Rumsey and "Jazz at the Beach"
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In the early 1970s, Redondo Beach, California became an important place for Jazz. From 1971 to 1985, Howard Rumsey owned and...
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Buddy DeFranco - Tommy Gumina Quartet
© -Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“This album marks the inauguration of what may become an important alliance in modem music. Though individually known for years to wide but...
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An Open Letter to Jazz Educators
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Those of you who are teaching courses on Jazz might wish to consider using a close reading approach with one or more of the...
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Acoustic Guitar Duets - Louis Stewart and Martin Taylor
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The best thing about this album is that Livia Records founder, Gerald Davis had the vision to produce it in the first place.The...
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Sun Ra Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank - from Zev Feldman the...
Copyright ® Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Some of you may recall that earlier this year in time for Record Store Day on April 20, 2024, Producer Zev Feldman in conjunction...
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Pleasants on Sinatra
Doing some research on Sinatra's transition from Columbia to Capitol and came across the following in Pleasants, a great book that deserves wider recognition.“What changed was not so much the singer...
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The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones - Gene Lees [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.R.I.P. Quincy Jones [1933-2024]. A little something to remember you by back from when the world was young.“One evening in the early...
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Quincy Jones - The Zan Stewart Interview [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Frequent visitors to these pages know that their purpose is as much to pay homage to Jazz writers and critics as they are about posting...
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Paul Horn: 1930-2014 [From the Archives with Revisions]
I'm in the process of developing features for the 3rd Volume of my Jazz West Coast Reader that will include a section of articles focused on the musicians who established their careers on The Left...
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Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson Invented Pop as We Know It
The producer, who died this week, was at the height of his powers during a legendary three-album run with JacksonBy Neil Shah Nov. 5, 2024 Edition of the Wall Street JournalMichael Jackson and Quincy...
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Democrats Get Dumped. Taylor Swift Can Help
Democrats Get Dumped. Taylor Swift Can HelpThe party lost the election by making the same mistakes as the singer-songwriter’s ex-lovers.Taylor Swift performing on stage during her Eras Tour in...
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