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Denny Zeitlin Solo Piano: Remembering Miles
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.By way of background, for some Jazz fans, solo piano is the ultimate conceit. Unbridled and unrestrained, to their ears it represents a kind of...
View ArticleMadeline and Modigliani
Vocalist Madeline Eastman's version of Eddie Harris'Freedom Jazz Dance set to the paintings of Modigliani as part of the JazzProfiles Jazz and Art series featuring Cedar Walton on piano and Phil Woods...
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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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Jack Teagarden: The Man with the Blues in His Heart by Otis Ferguson
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The JazzProfiles blog is as much a tribute to Jazz writers as it is an homage to the music and its makers. Jazz authors, editors and...
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Sons of Miles - "Barney Wilen: If You Are Good At It, Do It" by Mike Zwerin
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Here’s another profile from the 41 chapters in Mike Zwerin’s fine series Sons of Miles which he posted to Culturekiosque Jazznet. “After a...
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Sir George Shearing and The Guv'nor, Robert Farnon
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“To call George Shearing a jazz pianist is certainly accurate, yet also limiting and nowhere near complete. It fails to encompass the...
View ArticleErnestine Anderson - "Never Make Your Move Too Soon"
Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Frank Gant, drums.Strap in.This one will swing you into next week.
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Milt Hinton: We Are Like Atlas - Part 1-3 Complete
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Milt Hinton is a unique figure in jazz. As a bass player, he spans seven decades of the music's history. Starting out with Cab Calloway in...
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The Evolution of the Don Ellis Orchestra - Part 5 - "The Avant-Garde Is Not...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Ellis's significance lies in his use of groundbreaking musical techniques and devices, new to the world of jazz. Ellis's innovations include...
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Pacific Jazz Samplers [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.A few years ago, thanks to the urgings of a brilliant and witty friend who mockingly refers to himself as “the sage of the Florida swamps,” a...
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Marion Evans - Super Star Arranger and "The Man Who Got Away
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“And so, as much as I would like to hear Marion's writing again, I hold my tongue. Urge him to return to the music business?What...
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Jimmy Giuffre and Scintilla Revisited [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“It’s just one way and every man must go his own way.”- Jimmy Giuffre, Down Beat, November 30, 1955“Jimmy is an innovator and much has been...
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The Evolution of the Don Ellis Orchestra - Part 6 - "Times for Revolution" an...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Regarding his own work in the late 1960s, Ellis said, "Music, like any art, hits you al an emotional level before you dissect it analytically....
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Gillespiana Redux with Lalo Schifrin
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In an earlier post, the editorial staff at JazzProfiles mined the Jazz literature and created a compilation of articles on...
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