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Stars of Jazz: A Complete History of the Innovative Television Series,...
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Critical praise lauded the programs seen that summer in newspapers where the local stations broadcast Stars of Jazz. National...
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Johnny Smith: Quiet and Dignified
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."As far as I'm concerned, no one in the world plays the guitar better than he. They might play it differently, but nobody plays better. Johnny...
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Young Blood - Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band Live in Amsterdam 1960
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.It’s always an event when new music by Gerry Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band is released. Gerry [1927-1996] was one of the greatest...
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Structure and Freedom: A Reappraisal of the Modern Jazz Quartet by Don DeMichael
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“When John Lewis stated his jazz ideals for the 1955 Metronome Yearbook, Jazz 1955, he said "They stem from what led to and became Count...
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A Gerry Mulligan Reader on Jazz Profiles
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.As regular visitors to the blog are aware, since 2009 this page has often featured selected writings, critiques and interviews about...
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The Real Ambassadors - Penny M. von Eschen
© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.At present, the best overview of 'The Real Ambassadors is found in Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors...
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Lennie Niehaus - The Contemporary Years
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I have always consider Lennie's five Contemporary LP's as masterpieces in miniature of the sound and style that permeated much of Jazz on...
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The Houdini's - Kickin' in the Front Window [From The Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“There is something very magical about this band called The Houdini's. The six young Dutch masters who first travelled to America in 1991 to...
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Coltrane on Coltrane - Don DeMicheal
© - Steven A. Cerra - copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The first occasion I had to speak with John Coltrane at length was during his recent engagement at the Sutherland hotel [Sutherland Jazz...
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Ed Shaughnessy and The Joys of Jazz Drumming
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved."The superb engine that drove the Tonight Show Band for thirty years ... with spirit and immense skill."- Doc Severinsen, Trumpeter &...
View ArticleTHE BULGAR AND OTHER BALKAN TYPE INVENTIONS - Loren Schoenberg Jazz Orch...
Let's have a little ethnic jazz!!! Benny Goodman was bringing a big band to Russia, and the brilliant and underrated John Carisi wrote this to feature Phil Woods and Benny. Reportedly the Russian's...
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Wayne Shorter's "Wayning Moments" by Don Gold
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.As the masthead states - “JazzProfiles is dedicated to “focused profiles on Jazz and its makers while also featuring the work of guest writers...
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“Norman’s Conquests:” Gene Lees on Norman Granz
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Very few people have done as much for Jazz or have been as important to the music and its makers as Norman Granz.Many of the reasons why...
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