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Dizzy Gillespie in South America - Part 1
PART 1 – Introduction“There is a gesture he has, a motion, that always reminds me of a great batter leaning into a hit. He has a way of throwing one foot forward, putting his head down a bit as he...
View ArticleAhmad Jamal Trio - Woody 'n You (Live)
Check out drummer Vernel Fournier's marvelous brush work on "Woody 'n You" with Ahmad Jamal doing his thing on piano and Israel Crosby holding it all together on bass.
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Dizzy Gillespie in South America - Part 2
PART 2 – The Interviews© -Steven Cerra. Copyright protected; all rights reserved.The subsequent account by Quincy Jones is drawn from the JAM SESSION website which is maintained by the...
View ArticleThe Dave Brubeck Quartet - Calcutta Blues
Joe Morello's hand drum solo on this track is one for the ages. The drummer as musician.
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Dizzy Gillespie in South America - Part 3
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.If you don’t know the music on this 3 CD set, you should, as you will find it to be some of the fullest expressions of Dizzy’s...
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Ronnie Scott's Revisited
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The feel becomes more important, the truth of it. You accept yourself for what you are. If it’s not Stan Getz or Mike Brecker or John...
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Remembering Eddie Costa [1930-1962]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In 1962, the promising career of pianist Eddie Costa was cut short by a fatal car crash on the West Side Highway in New York City.Jazz...
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Benny Goodman - Two Perspectives
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“You know, I don't talk much about my childhood," he said. "Many times I've been asked to talk in depth about it. But I've resisted. I don't...
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Jim Hall Live in London 1966- Simon Spillett Notes
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The guitarist is in danger of going down in the Scott Club history as the Quiet American”.- Max Jones, Melody Maker, June 11th...
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John Coltrane – Supremely Loved and Loathed
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."Tony Whyton has brilliantly revealed how it has become impossible to knowJohn Coltrane's A Love Supreme outside notions of race, spirituality,...
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