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Article: Live Review

Joyce at Night Town

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 8, 2004

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. ...

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Article: Live Review

The Greg Osby Four

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 8, 2004

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 ...

Article: Live Review

Lonnie Plaxico Quintet

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 8, 2004

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 ...

Article: Profile

Blue Mitchell

by Robert Spencer
March 8, 2004

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Joey DeFrancesco: Plays Sinatra His Way

Read "Plays Sinatra His Way" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 3, 2004

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Don Braden: The New Hang

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by C. Andrew Hovan
March 2, 2004

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 ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

CDs We Almost Missed In 2003

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 19, 2004

Although jazz accounts for a very small percentage of sales in terms of total product sold each and every year, it seems that there's no shortage of new material hitting the stores at any given time. And now with technology allowing almost anyone to cut a CD in their garage, there's an even longer list of ...

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Article: Live Review

A Large Bite From the Big Apple: Reflections on IAJE 2004

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 17, 2004

Even on an average week, New York City boasts an abundance of jazz concert opportunities that few cities could even hope to rival. Then you add to the mix the festivities related to the annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education and the preponderance of musical activities is such that even the seasoned veteran ...

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Article: Jazz From The Vinyl Junkyard

Sam Rivers: Contrasts

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 16, 2004

As an icon of creative endeavors, the ECM label is world renown for its releases by such heavyweights as Dave Holland, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, and Jack DeJohnette, to name just a few. Probably much less acknowledged however are those little trinkets of musical pleasure that have fallen through the cracks over the years, several of ...

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Article: Jazz From The Vinyl Junkyard

Best Reissues of 2003

by C. Andrew Hovan
January 18, 2004

It seems to this reviewer that 2003 marked a turning point not only for new music but also for jazz reissues. Of course, most labels have maintained a very active back catalog program for several years now and so a great deal of product has made it to the marketplace. So at this point, holes are ...