JazzProfiles

Focused Profiles on Jazz and its Creators while also Featuring the Work of Guest Writers and Critics on the Subject of Jazz.

Friday, June 12, 2026

Sonny with Wilber Ware on bass and Elvin Jones on drums at the Village Vanguard 1957

Sonny Rollins, Acclaimed as a Virtuoso Jazz Improviser, Dies at 95 by Jon Mooallem

Copyright ® Jon Mooallem - The Wall Street Journal, copyright protected; all rights reserved. This obituary appeared in the May 25, 2026 e...

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Happy Birthday Shelly Manne [1920-1984]

Happy Birthday to The Man! This was my first Shelly Manne recording and also my introduction to Jazz on the West Coast. The tune was writt...

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Calling All Jazz Educators - Single Subject Specialty Courses

© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected, all rights reserved. Each of the 18 Readers that are available as paperbacks an eBooks th...

Sunday, June 7, 2026

In Review - The Gerry Mulligan Concert Band - Rick Barton [From the Archives]

© Copyright ® Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. This article appeared in the Wednesday, June 14, 1961 edition of Jaz...

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Clifford In California

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Clifford Brown on The Left Coast: The Origins of the Max Roach - Clifford Brown Quintet ;From the Archives]

© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved. “Rumsey's real coup, however, was in bringing bebop legend Max Roac...

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