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With the holiday season upon us, I hope you will consider making a gift of A Jazz West Coast Volume 2 to the Jazz fans among your family and friends.
It is available exclusively through Amazon.com and it offers 47 chapters plus an Introduction and a Prologue each of which is full of information about the West Coast Jazz Masters including Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, Buddy Collette, Bob Cooper, Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Bill Holman, Marty Paich, Teddy Edwards, Bob Brookmeyer and Cal Tjader among many, many others.
I have priced it very reasonably at $24.99 for the paperback and $9.99 for an eBook.
To give you some idea of the breadth and depth of the writings on offer in this 353 page anthology, some of which are extremely rare, I am posting the book’s Table of Contents for you to look over.
Also, please keep in mind that I am sharing 50% of the profits from the sale of the book to the local school district for use toward the purchase of musical instruments for individual students.
Happy Holidays to you and yours from The Cerra Family.
Table of Contents
Introduction pp. 6-10
Prologue - Seeds in the Swing Era from Modern Jazz by Alun Morgan and Raymond Horricks pp. 11-20
Chapter 1. The Miles Davis 1948/1949 Group from Modern Jazz by Alun Morgan and Raymond Horricks, pp. 21-29
Chapter 2. The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950’s The Gerry Mulligan Quartet by Robert Gordon, pp. 30-38
Chapter 3. The West Coast Sound by Robert Gordon, pp. 39-48
Chapter 4. Two Tenor Conversation with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca by John Tynan, pp. 49-53
Chapter 5. Bill Perkins - The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 54-58
Chapter 6. Richie Kamuca - The Gordon Jack Interview, pp. 59-62
Chapter 7. Bob Cooper - Quietly, Always There by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 63-68
Chapter 8. William “Buddy” Collette, 1921-2010 by Peter Jacobson and the Central Avenue Sounds Editorial Committee, pp. 69-73
Chapter 9. The Forgotten Ones - Buddy Collette - by Gordon Jack, pp. 74-77
Chapter 10. Harold Land [1928-2001]: The Hard Bop Legacy - Steven A. Cerra and John Tynan, pp. 78-82
Chapter 11. Jack Montrose by Gordon Jack, pp. 83-89
Chapter 12. Chet Baker - “The Jazz Musician Interview” by Jerome Reece, pp. 90-99
Chapter 13. Remembering Wardell Gray [1921-1955] - Part 1 - The Ira Gitler Notes, pp. 100-104
Chapter 14. Remembering Wardell Gray [1921-1955] - Part 2 - The Michael James Essay, pp. 105-111
Chapter 15. Remembering Wardell Gray [1921-1955] - Part 3 - The Herbie Butterfield Essay, pp. 112-117
Chapter 16, Remembering Wardell Gray [1921-1955] - Part 4 - The Alun Morgan Essay, pp. 118-122
Chapter 17. Funny Frank [Rosolino] by John Tynan, pp. 123-125
Chapter 18. Lou Levy - John Tynan, pp. 126-129
Chapter 19. Lou Levy - An Interview with Steve Voce, pp. 130-137
Chapter 20. Jimmy Rowles: Sprinkling Jazz by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 138-144
Chapter 21. Jimmy Rowles: The Len Lyons Interview, pp. 145-150
Chapter 22. Pete Jolly - Some Variations by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 151-163
Chapter 23. Willis and John Haley - Bill Holman Talks About Zoot Sims, pp. 164-176
Chapter 24. Bill Holman: Recollections of Fellow Musicians from The Early Years with Bill Dobbins, pp. 177-187
Chapter 25. Bob Gordon -Baritone Blues by Gordon Jack, pp. 188-193
Chapter 26. The Great Herb Geller by Gene Lees, pp. 194-203
Chapter 27. Herb Geller and Interview with Gordon Jack, pp. 204-212
Chapter28. Teddy Edwards: A Tenor Saxophonist of Importance by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 213-215
Chapter 29. The Advent of Victor Feldman by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 216-226
Chapter 30. Victor Feldman and Frank Rosolino: The “Lost Recordings” by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 227-231
Chapter 31. Nascent Lennie Niehaus by Max Harrison, pp. 232-239
Chapter 32, Bud Shank - Burning Brighter by Fran Kelley, pp. 240-242
Chapter 33. Bud Shank Parts 1 and 2 by Doug Ramsey and Gordon Jack, pp. 243-261
Chapter 34. Milt Bernhart by Gordon Jack, pp. 262-265
Chapter 35. Bob Brookmeyer: An Interview with Bill Coss, pp. 266-270
Chapter 36. Extracts From An Interview with Bob Brookmeyer by Wayne Enstice and Paul Rubin, pp. 271-278
Chapter 37. Bob Enevoldsen with Gordon Jack, pp. 279-283
Chapter 38. Marty Paich and A Band Within A Band” by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 284-293
Chapter 39. Cal Tjader - The 1957 Downbeat Interview by John Tynan, pp. 294-297
Chapter 40. Cal Tjader, Paul Horn and the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival, pp. 298-302
Chapter 41. Cal Tjader: “A Certain, Smooth Elegance” [La Onda Va Bien] by Steven. A Cerra, pp. 303-309
Chapter 42. “The Latinization of Cal Tjader - Or … what’s a nice Swedish boy like you doing in a bag like this?” by Harvey Siders, pp. 310-316
Chapter 43. College Goes to Jazz - John Graas and the Westlake College Quintet, pp. 317-321
Chapter 44. “Don Fagerquist - The Forgotten Ones” Series by Gordon Jack, pp. 322-325
Chapter 45. Bass Players: Scott LaFaro and Gary Peacock by Martin Williams, pp. 326-333
Chapter 46. California Hard 1 - Clifford Brown, Herb Geller, Hampton Hawes and Dexter Gordon by Robert Gordon, pp. 334-343
Chapter 47. California Hard II - The Curtis Counce Group, Chet Baker Quintet, Pepper Adams - Mel Lewis Quintet and Others by Robert Gordon, pp. 344-354
