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"Ira Gershwin A Life in Words" by Michael Owen: A JazzProfiles Feature
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."This book is a marvel and a model of how to write resonantly and engagingly about a charming subject who was unintentionally...
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Jazz West Coast, 1945-1965
Get your copies while they're hot! The three volumes combine over 100 articles and 1,000 pages about Jazz on the West Coast from 1945-1965. All three are available as paperbacks and eBooks...
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Dave Tough: 1908 -1948 [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.[The following piece on drummer Davy Tough was one of the earliest posted to the blog and I am re-posting it in order to correct a number...
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David "Fathead" Newman: Tough, Texas Tenor [From The Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“It's always been a mystery to me why David "Fathead" Newman isn't one of the most popular instrumentalists of the second half of the...
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There are many ways to spend a joyous hour in Paris, none better than this one.
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An excellent example of how Mike re-works a standard in this manner to give it an entire different feeling is his use of a medium bossa nova rhythm for his chart on the Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer...
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