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MusicHound Swing: The Essential Album Guide
by C. Andrew Hovan
If you haven't encountered the MusicHound series before, then take a trip to your local book store and cop a look. Published by Visible Ink Press, the series now boasts album guides for Rock, Blue, Jazz, Country, Lounge, and now Swing. MusicHound Swing, edited by Steve Knopper, is a 461-page book focused at gaining some of ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba at the Bird of Paradise
by C. Andrew Hovan
The Bird of Paradise Ann Arbor, Michigan It’s only been recently that American audiences on the East Coast have been able to hear Cuban-born pianist and phenomenon Gonzalo Rubalcaba away from their CD players and in a concert setting. For two nights, Rubalcaba and his trio took the stage at Ann Arbor’s The Bird ...
The John Abercrombie Quartet
by C. Andrew Hovan
The University of Akron Akron, Ohio As rarified and enchanting as the proverbial shooting star, not only was a recent performance by the John Abercrombie Quartet a special treat for music lovers, but it served the additional role of fanfare introducing a new jazz studies program at the University of Akron’s school of music ...
Andy Bey Trio
by C. Andrew Hovan
Dayton Art Institute Dayton, Ohio The best jazz has always been about transcending the time and place of the moment with a unique story that captivates the audience. By this definition then, the brilliantly endowed and sadly underrated Andy Bey helped to make time stand still for a large bevy of enthusiasts who attended ...
Joshua Redman/Sam Yahel/Brian Blade
by C. Andrew Hovan
NightTown Cleveland Heights, Ohio Between all the equipment and the makeshift tables crammed into every available space, there was barely enough room to move amidst NightTown’s already crowded environs, as this quaint little pub on the eastside of Cleveland is usually home to modest acoustic sets. It gave the term “standing room only" a ...
Charlie Haden's Quartet West with Strings
by C. Andrew Hovan
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan It’s more common for European crowds to be privy to the kind of major production that accompanied Charlie Haden’s brief pass through the University of Michigan. But being the metropolitan and forward-thinking town that Ann Arbor is, little surprise that they’d attract this ...
Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd: Live at the Bird of Paradise (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
by C. Andrew Hovan
Coming together in one of those “once in a lifetime" sort of ways, a recent two-night stand by the reunited Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet was not only remarkable in terms of the musicians involved but also notable due to the venue chosen for the occasion. Anyone familiar with the jazz lineage of Detroit and the suburbs ...
Pat Metheny Trio at The Capitol Theatre in Cleveland
by C. Andrew Hovan
Pat Metheny Trio The Capitol Theatre Columbus, OH April 2000Much like a modern-day Ellington, guitarist and composer Pat Metheny has kept his working group together for many decades now and utilizes it as a workshop for developing his compositions, always tailoring his work, like the maestro, for the persons involved. Pushing ...
Pat Metheny Group in Cleveland Lakewood Civic Auditorium Cleveland, Ohio March 6, 2002
by C. Andrew Hovan
You have to savor the moments when you can. I mean, with as many sidebars as Pat Metheny seems to take these days, his efforts with the PMG are of a limited scope and they come with some space between the records and touring- about four and a half years to be exact. It was 1997 ...
Cedar Walton Trio
by C. Andrew Hovan
Night Town Cleveland Heights, Ohio Every spring, jazz fans in Cleveland can look forward to a stupefying array of festivities revolving around the Tri-C JazzFest, which happens to be America's premier educational jazz festival. Over the years, this has also meant that other jazz-related presentations have had the opportunity to ride the ...
