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Tri-C JazzFest 2003
by C. Andrew Hovan
Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio April 2-13, 2003 Now in its 24th season, the nation’s premier educational jazz festival gets things swinging in Cleveland, a town better known for rock and roll, for a few weeks every spring. This year’s program was as eventful as in previous years, a fact that ...
Lou Donaldson: The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions 1957-1960
by C. Andrew Hovan
A soul survivor in every sense of the term, this alto saxophonist is one of the few remaining jazz artists who made a major impact on the jazz community via an extensive run with producer Alfred Lion and the Blue Note label (Horace Silver being another Blue Note legend that comes to mind). From his first ...
Matt Wilson: Beyond Category
by C. Andrew Hovan
The world thrives on order and the type of categorization that is as much a part of everyday life as breathing. Single or married, democrat or republican, each one of us can be pigeonholed into general and then more specific categories. Music is certainly no different, as anyone can tell you if they've found themselves in ...
Lou Donaldson: Say It Loud!
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although it was fun while it lasted, it seems that we might have seen the end of that whole acid jazz movement. At its height, labels were searching fast and furiously for lost trinkets of soul. Fantasy launched its Legends of Acid Jazz series and Blue Note had its Rare Groove series. At the ...
Egberto Gismonti in Ann Arbor
by C. Andrew Hovan
Michigan Theater-Ann Arbor, Michigan February 1, 2003 To say that Brazilian legend Egberto Gismonti’s art is of a rare nature is really only hitting at half the story. For those in attendance during his recent performance at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater, it was a rare treat to even have the opportunity to see ...
Dave Holland Quintet/New York Big Band
by C. Andrew Hovan
Michigan Theater- Ann Arbor, Michigan February 15, 2003 Now the man of the hour, due to his Grammy-winning ECM release What Goes Around, bassist Dave Holland has consistently been one of the most dynamic performers to experience in a concert sitting with the string of consummate ensembles that he has chosen to front ...
Charlie Haden's Nocturne
by C. Andrew Hovan
Cleveland Museum of Art- Cleveland, OH February 8, 2003 When Charlie Haden took to the stage of Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, his face beamed as he scanned what was a full house of enthusiastic fans. Even before playing a note, Haden seemed compelled to mention the inspiration he had ...
Benny Golson at Night Town
by C. Andrew Hovan
Night Town- Cleveland, OH January 16, 2003 While certainly in his twilight years, there seems to be no stopping Benny Golson in his quest to deliver music with integrity and intelligence. On a recent tour of one-nighters, Golson took to the stage at Cleveland’s Night Town with a local rhythm section for two ...
Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream/Monk/At Newport 1963 & 1965
by C. Andrew Hovan
Some listeners operate under the misconception that pianist Thelonious Monk recorded his best work for producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside Records, and the rest of his catalog is somehow considered a mere shadow of those previous glories. One listen to “Bright Mississippi” from the newly re-mastered edition of Monk’s Dream (Columbia/Legacy 63536) and you can’t help ...
Schifrin/Brookmeyer-Samba Para Dos
by C. Andrew Hovan
Of course, when it comes to bossa nova strains everyone is familiar with the timeless sound of Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, not to mention the critics’ contentions that after a few jazzy bossa records came out the rest of the lot were simply a retread of familiar territory. Close examination however shoots this myth right ...
