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Miles Davis: Complete In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk
by C. Andrew Hovan
In terms of remote recording, jazz more than any other type of music is most naturally found in its creative element. Musicians are most apt to improvise freely without thought to time limits when on the bandstand, and the nonverbal communication with the audience can certainly boost adrenaline levels, which in turn increases the intensity of ...
Gabor Szabo: Jazz Raga
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although largely ignored today except by astute guitar students, the late Gabor Szabo left behind a large body of work that is still very much misunderstood. A descendent of Hungarian gypsies, Szabo's guitar style was very much in line in with his heritage, full of dark and mysterious textures that were the antithesis of the modern ...
Steely Dan: Everything Must Go
by C. Andrew Hovan
As sophisticated icons of contemporary pop music, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have secured a space within the landscape of modern mainstream culture. Beginning with 1974’s Pretzel Logic, the pair would lead Steely Dan through a number of quintessential albums that featured a slick blending of pop and jazz sensibilities and even today songs like “Rikki ...
2003 Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
It was sure to happen sooner or later. North America’s largest free jazz festival had found itself in the red for the past several years. An active search for wealthy donor and corporate bucks had been underway the past two or three seasons, but with a sagging economy it was no surprise that this year’s Ford ...
Blue Note Goes Latin: Five New Afro-Cuban Gems From the Vaults
by C. Andrew Hovan
As the owners of several historically significant record labels, Capitol Records has at its fingertips some great music in the Latin vein and with a recent set of reissues decided to bring to light five titles from their holdings with this singular theme in mind. Although more detailed reviews follow, on a whole this idea proves ...
A Fireside Chat with Jack DeJohnette
by AAJ Staff
A gal pal of mine turned me onto Bitches Brew (pre--A Love Supreme/Bitches Brew, I was an '80s new wave junkie). This eventually led to my purchase of Live-Evil (the most underrated and killing '70s Miles record). On both sessions is one Jack DeJohnette, who made his bones with the iconic trumpeter, but is best known ...
Mongo Santamaria: El Bravo
by C. Andrew Hovan
As one of the premier ambassadors of Latin music, conguero and bandleader Mongo Santamaria melded styles to arrive at an infectious fusion of hot rhythms with the improvisational energy of jazz. Although his series of albums in the '50s for Fantasy and the early '60s for Riverside established his integrity as a major artist, it would ...
Jazz to the Max: 4 New Releases From MaxJazz
by C. Andrew Hovan
With a distinctive although somewhat monochromatic look that stands out from the crowd, the digipak covers of the MaxJazz label have housed some fine contemporary jazz releases as of late, starting first with a series of recordings by pianists and vocalists. Now they have expanded their horizon to include the works of trumpeters Jeremy Pelt and ...
Mastering the Groove: A Chat With Organist Reuben Wilson
by C. Andrew Hovan
In hindsight, it is possible to get too much of a good thing. Back in the '50s and '60s when a plethora of jazz recordings hit the jazz market like never before in the music's relatively short history, it was easy to take it all for granted. This was especially true of the organ combo records ...
Bobby Timmons: Little Barefoot Soul
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although best known for a string of popular and attractive funk numbers in the tradition of “Dat Dere,” pianist and composer Bobby Timmons was in fact a well rounded musician who could speak a varied language as evidenced by his recorded appearances with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his own series of solo albums. Inexplicably, it ...
