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Translinear Light: A Celebration of John Coltrane

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 26, 2006

Alice Coltrane Quartet Translinear Light: A Celebration of John Coltrane's 80th Birthday Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, Michigan September 23, 2006 Already a certifiable rara avis considering that only a handful of dates had been scheduled for this tour featuring Alice Coltrane and her quartet, an Ann Arbor audience ...

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Mosaic Singles Make Their Debut

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 1, 2006

Having the guts and tenacity to champion the reissue of albums that the major labels at the time weren't willing to touch with a ten foot pole, Mosaic Records back in the mid '80s led to way for the type of comprehensive boxed sets that are now the norm. Then a few years ago they launched ...

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Prestige RVG Remasters, Part 2 of 2

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 20, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2 It's no surprise that following the success of his retooling of the classic Blue Note catalog that Rudy Van Gelder would eventually be asked by other labels to bring his touch to classics from vaults. Earlier this spring, the Concord Music Group decided to have Van Gelder take a ...

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Prestige RVG Remasters, Part 1 of 2

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 20, 2006

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Article: Live Review

27th Detroit International Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 10, 2006

Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, MI September 1-4 Taking in a newly revamped Detroit Jazz Festival this year, it was hard to believe that just a few short years ago it looked like the festival might have come to the end of its healthy run. Financial woes had begun to take their ...

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Trio Beyond: Saudades

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by C. Andrew Hovan
October 7, 2006

Over the course of the fifty-some years that he was on this planet, drummer Tony Williams made his mark on the world of jazz through innovation and creativity in a way that few had done before him and even fewer have accomplished since his untimely death in 1998. Highly lauded by critics and fans alike, Williams' ...

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27th Annual Tri-C JazzFest

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 25, 2006

Now in its 27th season, Cleveland's Tri-C JazzFest continues to balance artistic and financial considerations with a line-up this year that placed an emphasis on piano jazz. Much lamented was the absence of Latin Jazz night, a popular mainstay of the festival for several years now, which has become a separate event staged in the fall. ...

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Jimmy Greene: True Life Stories

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by C. Andrew Hovan
August 24, 2006

Jimmy Greene came into many advantageous and heady situations early on in his career, and he has really begun to find himself as an artist within the past few years. Now in his early thirties, Greene had made a total of three previous albums as a leader, and while they demonstrated his promise, they also hinted ...

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Wycliffe Gordon: Cone's Coup

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by C. Andrew Hovan
August 23, 2006

Of all the musicians who have come through Wynton Marsalis' various ensembles, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is one of the few who has made the most of his experience while developing an individualistic voice. Although you can hear the history of the music from Dixie to avant garde in his approach, he's been able to successfully channel ...

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Blue Mitchell & Lee Morgan: Blue Note RVGs, Part 1 of 3

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 22, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 As Blue Note continues to mine its classic catalog, handing over the masters to engineer Rudy Van Gelder, certain key artists have seen a large amount of their oeuvre getting the RVG re-mastering treatment. In this three-part look at the most recent set of reissues ...