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C. Andrew Hovan

Member profile details

Membership level

Jazz Journalist (professional- voting member)

First name

C. Andrew

Last name

Hovan

photo/avatar

City

Cleveland

Country

United States

I am a jazz

writer
photographer
other

"Other" means. . .

musician/drummer

website/blog URL 1

www.cahovan.com

website/blog URL 2

www.allaboutjazz.com/php/profile.php?id=105

'Friend' me on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/chris.hovan.1

Follow me on Twitter at:

@HovanChris

My interests in jazz are:

Covering jazz vinyl reissues and new releases. I also travel around my home state of Ohio as well as Michigan to cover jazz concerts in various venues. I have been a regular contributor to www.allaboutjazz.com since 1999. My articles/photos have appeared in Down Beat, Hot House and The New York Times. Furthermore, I contributed to the MusicHound reference books on Jazz and Swing recordings. I have penned liner notes for labels such as Criss Cross Jazz, Water Music, Smoke Sessions and Cellar Music Group.

More about what I do:

I am a jazz drummer working in Ohio and Michigan. I play regularly with guitarist Bob Niederriter's trio which features such Columbus organ greats as Tony Monaco and Jon Eshelman. I also work around the Cleveland/Akron area with the group Jazz Shepherds. In addition, my own organ group, The Chris Hovan Organic Trio, has appeared at The Bop Stop, BLU Jazz and Cliff Bells.