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Donte's Jazz Club - Two Remembrances
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Recently, a list member raised the subject of Donte’s Jazz club on a chat group devoted to West Coast Jazz that brought forth a whole host...
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Ralph Burns - The Fine Art of Jazz Composition and Arrangement
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."I think the greatest aid to me in accomplishing what I was trying to do was the most prolific writer I've ever had, the greatest guy,...
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Kyle Eastwood - In Transit
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sometimes, upon receiving music that is new to me, I access other reviews because I’m curious about what other have to say about...
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Red Garland: Graceful and Bluesy
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It seemed to be over so fast for William “Red” Garland.One minute he’s making all those great Prestige and Columbia records as the pianist with...
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Bill Evans by Chuck Israels
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Chuck Israels is a composer/arranger/bassist who has worked with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Herbie...
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Reeds and Deeds - Third Time's The Charm
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."We have similar concepts," he says, "but at the same time they're different. Eric has all the things that I lack; and I might have...
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Willis “Bill” Holman – Living International Treasure
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In Japan, a select few of those who maintain the country’s artistic traditions or make a unique contribution to them are accorded the respect...
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The Birth {and Death} of the Cool
Regular readers of the blog may recall that the JazzProfiles editorial staff has a particular fondness and high regard for the writing and the writings of Ted Gioia. In its estimation, Ted is right up...
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Enzo Pietropaoli Wire Trio - Woodstock Reloaded
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles is very fortunate to be the recipient of preview copies of lots of great, new music and we thought...
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Shorty Rogers Is Long On West Coast Jazz
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The definition of "West Coast Jazz?" You know, I've been asked that question so many times. It's a hard one. I'm not trying to evade the...
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Stan Levey – Straight-Ahead and Always Swinging
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“En fait, Stan a été influence par le jeu de Kenny Clarke sur la cymbal ride en accompagnement et par Max Roach pour les solos.”- Georges...
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Portrait of Shorty Rogers
© -Steven Cerra. Copyright protected; all rights reserved.As Ted Gioia explains in his seminal work on the subject of West Coast Jazz, Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960:“ … [Shorty’s] arrangements...
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Sonny Greer by Whitney Balliett
© -Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.LAWRENCE BROWN: When I joined the Ellington band in 1932, it soon became clear just how important Sonny was. He was almost as popular as...
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Part 1 - The John Williams Interview with Steve Voce
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I will keep this introduction brief so as not to interfere too much with the tone and tenor of Steve Voce’s marvelous interview with...
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Part 2 - The John Williams Interview with Steve Voce
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Here’s Part 2 of Steve Voce’s extended 1998 interview with pianist John Williams. As noted in Part 1, Steve is a British journalist and...
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Jim McNeely - Barefoot Dances and Other Visions - The HR/ Frankfurt Radio Big...
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Here’s another feature about new music that has recently made an appearance at the editorial offices of JazzProfiles and which we think...
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