Omnibus Zeitlin: A JazzProfile Retrospective on the Career of Denny Zeitlin
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Zeitlin's main activity as a musician has been to give concerts as a soloist or with small ensembles; these display his thorough grasp of...
View ArticleJohnny Costa – Flying Fingers [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.After a while, the kids became accustomed to it and stopped starring at my half-shaven face when I stood with a razor in hand and mouth agape...
View ArticleKeystone Corner: "The World's First Psychedelic Jazz Club"
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“You never went to work when you were at Keystone. You went to play.”- Carl Burnett, Jazz drummer“There was a real special relationship always...
View ArticleMinton’s: Then and Now
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.While reviewing a previous newspaper clipping in my files on the reopening of Minton’s Playhouse, the New York City birthplace of Bebop in the...
View ArticleMore McKenna - Additional Recordings by Larry McKenna
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Larry McKenna fits into the category of a jazz musician's musician.I've had the extreme pleasure of playing on the same bandstand with...
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