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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 ...
Rudy Van Genius: New Blue Note RVG Reissues
by C. Andrew Hovan
Blue Note's series of reissues remastered by the legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder continues to come hot and heavy, although how they choose which titles to include is something of a puzzle. Some of the albums have been done to death already, while on rarer occasions we get something that has until now evaded rediscovery ...
A Chat with Sharp Nine's Marc Edelman
by C. Andrew Hovan
In the summer of 1995, jazz enthusiast Marc Edelman launched a venture, Sharp Nine Records, with a very simple premise. As expressed in the mission statement found on his very first release (Brian Lynch's Keep Your Circle Small), the label was formed to “record and promote modern jazz music- bebop and beyond." In addition, Sharp Nine ...
Blue Note RVG Editions: Totally Tenors and Trumpets
by C. Andrew Hovan
Helping pave the way for what might soon be a total overhaul of the catalog, master engineer Rudy Van Gelder continues to mine the Blue Note archives--and as the number of catalog items continue to pile up, the hits just keep on coming. This most recent set of a half dozen discs, released at the end ...
IAJE 2007: A Photo Retrospective
by C. Andrew Hovan
A wonderful opportunity to get away from the everyday grind and immerse oneself fully in all the benefits that jazz has to offer, the annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education is always one of the hippest places to hang for any jazz enthusiast. But when the conference is being held in New York ...
