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Caetano Veloso in Ann Arbor, Michigan
by C. Andrew Hovan
Caetano Veloso University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, Michigan November 9, 2007 Although the University Musical Society based at the University of Michigan has always had somewhat broad tastes in music, making each season a delightful potpourri of genre mixing, recently they have delved heartily into Brazilian music, ...
Criss Cross Jazz Roundup: Part One
by C. Andrew Hovan
Part 1 | Part 2 At a time when the record industry seems poised on the edge of a major collapse, especially in terms of its return on jazz product, it's the small labels that continue to keep the music fresh and alive. Talk about Sharp Nine, Reservoir, HighNote/Savant, MaxJazz and several others ...
Criss Cross Jazz Roundup: Part Two
by C. Andrew Hovan
Part 1 | Part 2 At a time when the record industry seems poised on the edge of a major collapse, especially in terms of its return on jazz product, it's the small labels that continue to keep the music fresh and alive. Talk about Sharp Nine, Reservoir, HighNote/Savant, MaxJazz and several others ...
Something Old That's New: More Mosaic Singles
by C. Andrew Hovan
In just the past few years, Mosaic Records, king of the large boxed set reissue phenomenon, has diversified its efforts into several series that offer more opportunities to bring to light music that has been held in the vaults too long or has been done some sort of disservice in previous incarnations. The Select series serves ...
Kenny Cox, Frank Foster, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine: Blue Note Connoisseurs Tap Obscure Gems
by C. Andrew Hovan
Since revitalizing itself back in 1985, the Blue Note label has led the charge with a heady stream of reissues that have brought the majority of the catalog's titles back into circulation. Then at the end of the 1990s, the RVG series began to revamp titles under the steady ears and guidance of master engineer Rudy ...
Vincent Gardner: The Good Book: Chapter One
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although his major claim to fame up to this point has been time spent with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, trombonist Vincent Garner is a very likely candidate for the category of talent seeking of wider recognition. As a follow-up to his debut set Elbow Room (Steeplechase, 2006), this effort not only sheds light on his ...
Men At Work: Live Sets From Bill Charlap & Steve Kuhn
by C. Andrew Hovan
A perfect locale for the jazz improviser, remote recordings allow for a degree of expression and creativity that often goes beyond the more controlled atmosphere of a recording studio. Over the years, it has almost become a rite of passage for jazz musicians to pick an iconic jazz venue and then set up the equipment to ...
Bob Sneider/Mike Melito/Phil Flanigan: All Through the Night
by C. Andrew Hovan
If this disc is any indication of the caliber of jazz musicians in the Rochester, New York area, then it would seem that the music is in good hands around said environs. So the story goes, guitarist Bob Sneider has played an integral part in leading the nightly jam sessions that occur during the duration of ...
Andy LaVerne: Intelligent Design
by C. Andrew Hovan
Certainly not your household name by any stretch of the imagination, pianist Andy LaVerne is nonetheless a particularly adept pianist who has worked with many jazz legends over the years including Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra, Michael Brecker and Lionel Hampton. He's also a respected educator and has been largely documented on almost forty dates as a ...
New And Old Gospel: Blue Note's RVG Reissues
by C. Andrew Hovan
For most followers of Blue Note, hard bop was the order of the day and the label's numerous releases in that genre still serve as evidence of their dominance in the field. Less championed perhaps these days are more adventurous titles that brought to the fore some of the avant-garde's leading lights--including pianists Cecil Taylor and ...
