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Everything Old is Blue Again: Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green and Horace Silver

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 18, 2014

If you are a Blue Note fan, you undoubtedly know that over the course of their 75th anniversary year Blue Note has been reissuing important titles from the catalog at a rate of about five albums per month. It is really a fast-paced program that will appeal to folks on many levels. Some might be starting ...

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Something Smoky and Something Blue

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 25, 2014

With Vincent Herring's alto providing the clarion call that ushers in the troops for a quicksilver performance entitled “Elation," it became clear that the analog warmth of this particular vinyl release possessed a tangible charm that was undeniable. So while this reviewer had previously reviewed Herring's The Uptown Shuffle as heard in the CD format and ...

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Roland Kirk: The Limelight/Verve Albums

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 10, 2014

Several years ago when this writer was looking for rarities to include in the column Jazz From the Vinyl Junkyard, the chances for the medium to make a huge comeback seemed to be slim at best. Fast forward and it seems that vinyl is the new black, with efforts to market it to a fresh and ...