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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 ...
Dave Sterner Quintet: What's What
by C. Andrew Hovan
A member of Ernie Krivda's Fat Tuesday Big Band, alto saxophonist David Sterner has been a committed jazz artist on the Cleveland, Ohio scene since the mid '90s. He's led the quartet heard on What's What for the past several years now, a fact that figures prominently in the development and preparation of the group's maiden ...
Mosaic Boxed Set Bonanza
by C. Andrew Hovan
While it might seem possible that after so many years in the reissue business Mosaic Records would have a hard time drumming up interesting ideas for new projects, the fact is that the label has continued to prosper by identifying and funding viable releases. All the while it has maintained a commitment to the first-class presentation ...
C. Andrew Hovan's Top Jazz Picks of 2006
by C. Andrew Hovan
Trio Beyond Saudades ECMJohn Scofield, Larry Goldings and Jack DeJohnette pay tribute to Tony Williams' Lifetime with a live set that catches this all-star trio at the peak of their collective powers.Diana Krall From This Moment On VerveHaving lost her way the on last few albums due to a focus ...
The Conga Kings at Tri-C JazzFest Picante, Cleveland, Nov. 17
by C. Andrew Hovan
The Conga Kings Tri-C JazzFest Picante Cleveland, OH November 17, 2006 Building on the success of the annual Latin shows that had previously been part and parcel of the spring event known as JazzFest, Tri-C for the second year in a row has expanded their horizons with a weekend of ...
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