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Sarah Vaughan - The Divine One by Gunther Schuller
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.This overwhelming tribute to Sarah Vaughan preceded a Vaughan concert at the Smithsonian Museum in 1980. Not surprisingly,Gunther Schuller —...
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Victor’s Vibes
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.For many years, the late Milt Jackson, affectionately known as “Bags,” was heralded as the undisputed king of the vibraphone and most...
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A Tribute to Guitarist John Scofield who performs his own composition "Carlos" with Holland's Metropole Orchestra.
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Hank Jones: Urbane, Suave and Debonair
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Urbanity, one will concede, is a most fitting term to describe the aura of Hank Jones's piano, which conjures to mind the sophistication of...
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The Oxford Companion to Jazz, Bill Kirchner [editor]
"Putting together this book must have been like being the contractor for the Ellington band."- Composer-arranger Johnny Mandel to editor Bill Kirchner© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights...
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The Outrageous Frances Faye- Gordon Jack
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Gordon Jack is a frequent contributor to the Jazz Journaland a very generous friend in allowingJazzProfilesto re-publish some of his...
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The Clarke Boland Big Band is "All Smiles"
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Georges Paczynski, the author of Une Histoire de la Batterie de Jazz, which won the “Prix Charles Delauney 2000,” offered this succinct,...
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Joe Morello - Drum Talk, - Down Beat, March 26, 1964
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Can’t you just imagine the following interviews occurring in the context of today’s video conferencing capabilities!?The full introduction...
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The Couriers of Jazz - "England's Greatest Jazz Combo" - by Ralph J. Gleason
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.In his review of Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews by Yale University for the September 2016 edition of Downbeat, Peter...
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Pete Rugolo’s Sensibilities
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Pete Rugolo was a soft-spoken, self-effacing man, which may be one of the reasons he has not been given his due as the pioneering jazz...
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Norman Granz - The Man Who Used Jazz For Justice: A Book Review
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Granz brought a benevolent order to what previously had been a poorly governed and especially venal sector of the music business, where...
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