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Michael Cuscuna of Mosaic Records
by C. Andrew Hovan
This interview was originally published in July 2000. Founded in 1983, Mosaic Records continues to set the standards as one of the finest reissue companies on the scene. Their definitive boxed sets have culled the vaults of such labels as Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Capitol, CBS, Verve, Roulette, Decca, Atlantic, and Reprise. Some of ...
Steely Dan Plays Aja in Akron, OH
by C. Andrew Hovan
Steely Dan E.J. Thomas Hall Akron, Ohio November 16, 2009 Since coming back on the scene in 2000, hit makers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have made it a habit to regularly hit the road each summer tour season, a practice that in their earlier years was looked ...
Bill Charlap Trio in Ann Arbor
by C. Andrew Hovan
Bill Charlap Trio University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan October 2, 2009While much of the credit for reinventing the standard repertoire via the piano trio can go to Keith Jarrett, the pianist's muse is more about using such chestnuts as a launching point for his own self-probing and extended ...
30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival: In Pictures
by C. Andrew Hovan
30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan September 4-7, 2009With perfect temperatures and wall-to-wall sunshine, Detroit recently celebrated a tradition that has brought jazz to the city every Labor Day weekend for the past 30 years. Billed as the largest free jazz festival in North America, this year's festivities ran ...
New Blue Note RVGs: Three Tenors, a Bone, and Sonny
by C. Andrew Hovan
Recently named an NEA Jazz Master, iconic jazz recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder continues to a be a marvel of the jazz industry. Not only has he continued through the years to record new music from his studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, but he also keeps revisiting gems from the jazz pantheon. Now in its ...
C. Andrew Hovan's Top Jazz Picks For 2008
by C. Andrew Hovan
Well it's that time of year again. The task of going through the stacks of music that have reached my door over the past twelve months. While the economy and the weak state of the record industry would tend to suggest that things might be on the slim side, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that ...
Milton Nascimento and The Jobim Trio at the University of Michigan
by C. Andrew Hovan
Milton Nascimento and The Jobim Trio University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, Michigan October 18, 2008 It's not often that all-star groups assembled to honor a particular milestone manage to coalesce in a manner that transcends the novelty factor to become a satisfying listening experience. But this is just ...
Quincy Jones / Onzy Matthews / Woody Herman: Big Bands Done the Mosaic Way
by C. Andrew Hovan
Even though the winds of change headed by be-bop and hard bop had begun to change the musical landscape during the 1950s and 1960s, the big bands were still riding a good wave of popularity. For this survey of the genre, as seen through the eyes of three individualists, we discover a whole lot of music ...
Walt Weiskopf: Day In Night Out
by C. Andrew Hovan
Most of us find that there are certain musicians who speak to us through their music in a profound way that makes for a special connection. These are the artists who find a prominent space in our collections because we continuously seek out all of their current musical endeavors. For this reviewer, saxophonist Walt Weiskopf has ...
Peter Beets: New Groove
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although his passion has always been in documenting important New York players worthy of wider recognition, producer Gerry Teekens has occasionally turned the spotlight on worthy talent from his Dutch homeland as well. Along with guitarist Jesse van Ruller, the most visible Dutch artist on the label recently has been pianist Peter Beets. His three previous ...
