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Article: Album Review

Ada Rovatti: The Green Factor

Read "The Green Factor" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Italian-born Ada Rovatti possesses talent as both an ensemble player and a bandleader. Versed in several styles of music, the saxophonist brings an eclectic blend of Irish, Celtic, jazz, and a few other flavors to The Green Factor. A scholarship winner from the Berklee College of Music, Rovatti spent time living both in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth at Jazz Standard (NYC) Tonight

Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth at Jazz Standard (NYC) Tonight

Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (Between Park / Lexington) New York, NY 10016 212-576-2232 7:30 PM EDT | 6:45 PM DOORS Dick Oatts – saxophone Bob Sheppard – saxophone Claudio Roditi – trumpet Luis Bonilla – trombone Christian Howes – violin ...

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News: Recording

Ada Rovatti CD Release: "Green Factor"

Ada Rovatti CD Release: "Green Factor"

Green Factor is a unique recording with a melting pot of Irish, Celtic, jazz and fusion influences with strong harmonies and sophisticated arrangements. Green Factor Tracks: The Kerry Dance The Green Factor Oh Corko Mio I Lost My Wisdom Oh Danny Boy The Untold Story Somewhere Over The Rainbow Wild Colonial Boy Peter Pan Your Highness ...

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Heartfelt

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Wind; Cinema Paradiso; Alone Together; That's All it Was; Invasion of the Forest; Walkin' Up; The Peacocks; Opus Half; Early Autumn; Bernie's Tune.

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Article: Album Review

Christian Howes: Heartfelt

Read "Heartfelt" reviewed by Mark Corroto


There is always the fear that producing an authentic jazz album with orchestration is too ambitious a project and is doomed under the heaviness associated with such affairs. And that might have been the case here, except the sum of the parts, i.e., violinist Christian Howes and arrangers Kuno Schmid and Roger Kellaway, is certainly more ...

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The Wind

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Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2008
Duration: 6:23

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News: Education

Christian Howes Creative Strings Youth Workshop

Christian Howes Creative Strings Youth Workshop

Creative Strings Youth Workshop with Christian Howes Monday - Friday, June 30 - July 4, 2008 The Jazz Academy is proud to partner with Christian Howes and the Creative Strings Youth Workshop. The Creative Strings Youth Workshop is an opportunity for string players of any age to experiment and explore improvisational-based music and performance. ...

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Article: Opinion

On a String and a Prayer

Read "On a String and a Prayer" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Christian Howes From a string player's point of view, gaining acceptance within the jazz community is a little like showing up for the first day at a new school with a big stain on your shirt. If you've ever walked into a jam session with a violin slung over your shoulder, you'd ...

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Article: Album Review

Christian Howes & Billy Contreras: Jazz Fiddle Revolution

Read "Jazz Fiddle Revolution" reviewed by Victor Verney


Christian Howes has often been referred to as the “Jimi Hendrix of jazz violin," notes Los Angeles Times critic Don Heckman. He and others, like AAJ's C. Michael Bailey, have taken exception to this title, pointing to the depth and range of Howes' artistry. While Heckman insists that Howes is a jazz player first and foremost ...

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Jazz Fiddle Revolution

Label: BRC
Released: 2004
Track listing: Doxy; The Way You Look Tonight; Sunny; Maria, Maria; Merchants Groove; untitled blues jam; untitled bebop jam; Fugue in G Minor for solo violin; It Never Entered My Mind; Traditional Fiddle Tune; The Oracle; Dialog Over Two Themes; What a Wonderful World; Doxy - reprise.


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