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One For All: Blueslike
by C. Andrew Hovan
As the timeworn adage goes, sometimes the best things come from situations where one is asked to function in less than ideal circumstances. When you have little time to analyze things and go with pure instincts, there's an air of veracity and spontaneity to the results that is seldom arrived at by any other means. Although ...
One For All: Live at Smoke Vol.1
by C. Andrew Hovan
Aside from the musical fireworks that make the enclosed sides noteworthy, there are additional factors that mark Live at Smoke as a major event. For one thing, this “on location" recording is one of the rare live dates to grace the Criss Cross catalog. Furthermore, it serves as a perfect summation up to this point of ...
Joe Magnarelli: Hoop Dreams
by C. Andrew Hovan
As Duke Ellington would often remind us, music comes in two varieties, that which is good and that which is bad. This suggests that genre and category are really of little concern and that overall quality is really the defining factor in considering the validity of any musical expression. Taking this axiom one step further, let ...
Brian Lynch: Con Clave Vol.2
by C. Andrew Hovan
The jazz musician's road to success and sustainability is a rocky one, marked with more than its share of ups and downs. Becoming the norm as of late, those with the strongest staying power have increased their flexibility by becoming more diverse in their efforts. The affect is thus twofold-providing an income to pay the rent, ...
Mel's Vision
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Mel’s Vision; Summer’s End; Four By Five; Maritima; Vesnianka; Bird Food; Balmoral Point; Peggy’s Blue Skylight; Bird Food (alternative take).
Vessel
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blues For Kenny K; First Day; Pablo; Sunset; Garzonian; Alma; Crisis; Remembrance; Chance; Mr Henderson.
Blues Variant
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blues Variant; Saqqara; High Or Booze; The
Healing Power Of GRITS; Eye Of The Hurricane;
The Water Spirit Brought Us, The Water Spirit
Will Take Us Home; Gather Power;
Improvisation; Cycle Song; Year Of The Ox.
Blues For Gerry
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Here Again; Tangerine; Blues For Gerry; Firm Roots; Body And Soul; It Could Happen To You; Skylark; Minor Disturbance; You Know I Care; Here We Go.
Lage Lund: Idlewild
by C. Andrew Hovan
An open and revealing format for any artist, the jazz trio offers rewards on many levels. Left in veracious hands, there is a spacious pocket that can be filled by any number of rhythmic and harmonic ideas, not to mention a freedom in melodic phrases which don't have to be constrained by strict chordal structures. On ...
Lage Lund: Idlewild
by C. Andrew Hovan
An open and revealing format for any artist, the jazz trio offers rewards on many levels. Left in veracious hands, there is a spacious pocket that can be filled by any number of rhythmic and harmonic ideas, not to mention a freedom in melodic phrases which don't have to be constrained by strict chordal structures. On ...
