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April In Cleveland: The Tri-C JazzFest
by C. Andrew Hovan
Tri-C JazzFest Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio For the past 23 years, April in Cleveland has meant jazz, not only for those who like to listen to the music but for those youngsters trying to make sense of it all by receiving the sage wisdom handed down by the masters. ...
Let My Children Hear Music
by C. Andrew Hovan
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra with guests Christian McBride, Bobby Watson, and Marcus Belgrave Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, Ohio Since 1980, the month of April has not only meant the budding of spring for Cleveland area music lovers, but also the opportunity to take advantage of one of the country’s most distinguished ...
Sci-Fi and Beyond
by C. Andrew Hovan
Christian McBride Quartet Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, Ohio It’s hard to say where it came from, but the old adage is that those who can’t make it in the “big time” usually end up teaching. But just go tell that to Christian McBride. Arguably one of the most accomplished and in-demand ...
Charlie Hunter Quartet at the Beachland
by C. Andrew Hovan
Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio Talk about a blast from the past, the hardwood floors and vintage décor of Cleveland’s Beachland Ballroom give it a retro aura that the young alternative crowd surely must embrace. Lately the club has been booking blues shows and it was perfectly logical to bring in Charlie Hunter ...
Joyce at Night Town
by C. Andrew Hovan
Night Town Cleveland, Ohio Once the word had spread among her American friends via the internet, folks from San Francisco to New York began to wonder how Cleveland had scored such a coup in booking Brazilian sensation Joyce for what would amount to be her only U.S. date so far this year. ...
The Greg Osby Four
by C. Andrew Hovan
A La Jazz Rendezvous 2001 The Cleveland Play House Cleveland, Ohio Since 1984, when he hooked up with Steve Coleman to form the M-BASE Collective, Greg Osby has been at the forefront of some of the more exploratory movements of the modern jazz era. He has released eleven albums as ...
Lonnie Plaxico Quintet
by C. Andrew Hovan
I should have known to expect something out of the ordinary when I recently walked into one of Cleveland's classier jazz joints on a Monday evening to find that the band was set up on the left side, an area usually reserved for smaller groups. Furthermore, tables were not jammed clear up to the front of ...
Blue Mitchell
by Robert Spencer
All About Jazz contributing writer C. Andrew Hovan said it best: “Those of you that are longtime jazz fans, take a few minutes and see how many jazz trumpeters you can name in the next minute. All done? I'm sure many of you remember Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Louis Armstrong, and Buck Clayton, just to name ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Plays Sinatra His Way
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although he’s been on the Concord label for several years now, it seems that the well spring of material that Joey DeFrancesco cut for Joe Fields’ HighNote imprimatur continues to be harvested with the latest offering being this 1998 session recorded in 24-bit digital splendor by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. Don’t look for the title ...
Don Braden: The New Hang
by C. Andrew Hovan
On the verge of what might be a definite breakthrough, tenor saxophonist Don Braden has been at the top of the list among better informed jazz followers, but he has just skirted below the radar of the average consumer. A superb trio of Criss Cross sides in the mid '90s led to a contract with RCA ...
