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Dannie Richmond: 'In' Jazz For the Culture Set
by C. Andrew Hovan
As anyone who collects jazz records will very likely tell you, the rare ones are typically hard earned and usually accompanied by a story or two. Such is the case with the uncommon and definitely curious solo album that drummer Dannie Richmond cut for Impulse back in 1965. With shades of Any Warhol to be had ...
Eddie Palmieri: Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo
by C. Andrew Hovan
With the dog days of summer upon us, it seemed like a good idea to go just a bit left of center for this month’s feature. Keeping the temperatures in the caliente zone (that means keeping things hot, if you’re a gringo), we visit an obscure gem from Latin music sensation Eddie Palmieri. On the scene ...
Marcus Belgrave and the Louis Armstrong Tradition
by C. Andrew Hovan
Marcus Belgrave Octet Cain Park Cleveland Height, Ohio July 22, 2003 Following the torrential downpours of the previous day that hit a good part of Ohio, the Cain Park grounds were definitely soaked, but fortunately a repeat performance was not in the offing and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave was unhampered in ...
Buster Williams and Something More
by C. Andrew Hovan
Buster Williams and Something More May 8, 2003 Night Town Cleveland, Ohio There’s no denying the power of working jazz groups and when the individuals involved are some of New York’s finest the sparks are sure to fly. As such, it would have been good enough to have bass ...
The Saxman Cometh: New Verve LPR Reissues
by C. Andrew Hovan
Still the leader of the pack when it comes to reissues, the Verve Music Group has had a banner year with a wealth of intriguing product that comes from a vast number of catalogs in their holdings including Verve, Mercury, Argo/Cadet, MGM, Smash, and Phillips. The LPR series, which stands for LP reproduction, attempts to package ...
Benny Golson: Setting Standards
by C. Andrew Hovan
Great jazz artists have always set themselves apart in two areas: They display a highly developed degree of instrumental prowess, coupled with an unmistakably individual voice. Far more elusive, however, is that proverbial needle in the haystack: the jazz player who not only speaks with 'lan, but also composes his own distinctive material. One of the ...
Soul Journey: Michael Weiss and the Art of Composition
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although he's spent a good deal of his career as a valued sideman, communing with such jazz masters as Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, and Junior Cook, the time has arrived for pianist and composer Michael Weiss to make his own mark as one of the true original voices on the current jazz scene. In the past ...
Three Views From the Vanguard: Lovano, Moran & Solal
by C. Andrew Hovan
As a part of history, the Village Vanguard has been host to more jazz legends than can probably be jotted down on a single sheet of paper. With renown acoustics that are highly favored by most artists, it's no surprise too that there are scores of live recordings to come from the venue including the now ...
Michael Weiss: Soul Journey
by C. Andrew Hovan
It’s not often that you find jazz compositions of the caliber that Michael Weiss offers up on his own self-produced Soul Journey. But then, you have to consider that the pianist and composer did take home the grand prize in the Monk Institute’s Composers Competition in 2000. The second word in the title is actually a ...
Grachan Moncur III: Mosaic Select 1
by C. Andrew Hovan
We take it for granted these days, with packages as large as 18 discs (the Bill Evans Verve box) or even 20 discs (the Complete Miles Davis at Montreux), but back about 20 years ago when Mosaic Records started looking at comprehensive reissues, such massive surveys were all but a pipe dream. For better or worse, ...
