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"Who Was Bill Evans?" - Richard Terrill
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Richard Terrill is the author of the memoir Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz, and two collections of poetry, including...
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Woody Herman by Steve Voce - Part 1
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Nobody does what Woody does as well as he does. If we could only figure out what it is he does . . .”- Phil Wilson, trombonist, Jazz...
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Woody Herman by Steve Voce - Part 2
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Nobody does what Woody does as well as he does. If we could only figure out what it is he does . . .”- Phil Wilson, trombonist, Jazz...
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Lee Konitz - The Gordon Jack Interview
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles wanted to feature something about Lee Konitz’s association with the epic Birth of the Cool recordings...
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The M-Squad and TV Jazz - 60 Years Ago!
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I never knew that I had anything in common with the late movie, television and stage actor, Lee Marvin [1924–1987], that is until I undertook...
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HARLEM PIANO - Luckey Roberts and Willie "The Lion" Smith [Addendum]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In re-posting this piece, the editorial staff at JazzProfiles took the opportunity to amend the text with some excerpts from Willie “The...
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© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Nobody does what Woody does as well as he does. If we could only figure out what it is he does . . .”- Phil Wilson, trombonist, Jazz...
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Charles Aznavour - Troubadour et Chanteur, 1924-2018
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."In France, poets never die.- Emmanuel MacronFor me the music of France always seemed to reside most deeply in two souls: Edith Piaf and...
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Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna - The More I See You
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Their resumes are only a shadow of who these men are. To really know the true Larry McKenna and Bootsie Barnes, you have to meet them....
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Woody Herman by Steve Voce - Part 4
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Nobody does what Woody does as well as he does. If we could only figure out what it is he does . . .” - Phil Wilson, trombonist, Jazz...
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Hank Mobley - Poppin' - by Larry Kart
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Ah yes, The Hankenstein. He was s-o-o-o-o hip.” That was the response of Dexter Gordon when the late Hank Mobley’s name came up in...
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CHARM: THE ELUSIVE ENCHANTMENT by Joseph Epstein - A Review
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.At the outset, I should confess that the editorial staff at JazzProfiles is a big fan of Joseph Epstein and avidly seeks out his op-eds...
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Woody Herman by Steve Voce - Part 5
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Nobody does what Woody does as well as he does. If we could only figure out what it is he does . . .”- Phil Wilson, trombonist, Jazz...
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"April in Paris" with The Count Basie Orchestra
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Given the month in the title of this piece, I suppose it might have been more suitable to bring up this posting in April rather than in...
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All That Jazz: Posters by Niklaus Troxler
Design Observer: 6.24.2015Presented by AIGANiklaus Troxler is a graphic designer. Niklaus Troxler is a jazz fanatic. Nearly forty years ago, Troxler invited a jazz group to play in Willisau, the small...
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