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Concerto for Drums featuring Louie Bellson
"Bellson's inaccurately titled Concerto for Drums, from a Verve album of the same name, is possibly one of the best all-round extended drum solos ever recorded, comprising, as it does, something for...
View ArticleThis Love Of Mine From "Dear John C" by Elvin Jones
By Dave LiebmanI would venture to say that most jazz musicians of a certain generation would place Elvin Jones among their favorite all-time artists. Obviously this is for musical reasons, but I think...
View ArticleFancy Free (Live At The Lighthouse Café, CA/1972)
Dave Liebman, soprano sax, Steve Grossman, tenor sax, Gene Perla bass, and Elvin Jones drums."As I wrote in the original liner notes for the 1990 re-release of all the evening’s music, this live...
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Barry Harris - Impressions - Part 1
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Barry was revered," said Michael Weiss, one of the many pianists Harris mentored. "He orchestrated his melodies and constructed...
View ArticleI Wish I Were In Love Again (Remastered)
This should brighten your day. With thanks to Lorenz Hart for his skill with lyrics and to Richard Rogers for his engaging melody.
View ArticleFor Carl by the Phineas Newborn, Jr. Trio
"THE PRESENCE IN HOLLYWOOD of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet when Phineas cut Side 2 assured Phineas of another peerless rhythm team, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes." For Carl (named for the late pianist...
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Barry Harris - Impressions - Part 2
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“For nine decades, a lonely outpost held out defiant hope for the return of the diminished chord. Jazz pianist Barry Harris, who...
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Barry Harris - Impressions - Part 3
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Harris is unquestionably the foremost exponent of the music of Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk, and is one of the few...
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Charlie Parker - The 1949 Downbeat Interview
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following interview appeared in the September 9, 1949 edition of Downbeat magazine, although at times, the style employed by Michael Levin...
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Jazz Drummers: A Reader Volume 1 by Steven A. Cerra
This is the 9th in a series of anthologies that I have published since October of 2023. It’s now available exclusively through Amazon.com as a paperback and eBook. Others in the series are volumes on...
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The Outrageous Frances Faye - Gordon Jack [From the Archives with revisions...
© 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 some of his...
View ArticleMonty Alexander – Steamin' (Full Album)
I return to the music of pianist Monty Alexander quite often because it makes me feel, in a phrase a dear friend often uses - “happy, joyous and free.” And in the Jazz argot, “Steamin’” may be an...
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Victor Feldman and Frank Rosolino: The "Lost" Recordings
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For about two years in the late 1950s, I had the pleasure of hanging out with pianist/vibist Victor Feldman and trombonist Frank Rosolino...
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The Big Bands - George T. Simon
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."The definitive volume in its field."— Los Angeles Times"A fat slice of pure nostalgia for everyone who is old enough to remember the big band...
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