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ARTICLES/PHOTOS FEATURED IN DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
(Hovan is a voting member of the annual Down Beat Critics Poll)
Jazz on Campus- July 2018
Marcus Miller Blindfold Test- December 2018
George Benson- July 2019
​Wayne Shorter- August 2019
​On Stage: The 40th Detroit Jazz Festival- September 2019
​Detroit Jazz Festival- November 2019
John Pizzarelli Blindfold Test- November 2019
​Wayne Shorter Annual Readers Poll- December 2019
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Bob James- October 2020
Joey DeFrancesco- November 2021
​Ron Miles- May 2022
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Alice Coltrane- August 2023
​Terri Lyne Carrington- August 2023
​Les McCann- March 2024
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David Sanborn- July 2024
​Bill Charlap- October 2024
Shakti- December 2024
Russell Malone, Donald Vega, & Ron Carter- December 2024
ARTICLES FEATURED IN ALL ABOUT JAZZ
​​40th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival 
Double Vision Revisited
2019 Pittsburgh Jazz Festival 
Dave Stryker- Eight Track III
Walt Weiskopf- Worldwide
Ralph Peterson Messenger Legacy at The Blue Llama
40th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
The Vinyl Post: Azar Lawrence- Summer Solstice
​The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970
​Connie Han- Iron Starlet
Paul Desmond- The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings
Greg Skaff-Polaris
Jordan Vanhemert- I Am Not a Virus
Orrin Evans- The Magic of Now
Renee Rosnes- Kinds of Love
​Con Alma: Keeping Pittsburgh Jazz Thriving in Trying Times
​Best Recordings of 2021
Krantz/Carlock/Lefebevre at the Bop Stop
Trefoil at the Bop Stop
Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart at Tri-C
​Wertico/Haque/Gray at the Bop Stop
Joshua Redman: A Moodswing Reunion
Tony Monaco- Four Brothers
Dan Bruce- Time to Mind the Mystics
43rd Annual Tri-C JazzFest
Contemporary Records 70th- Kessel and Hawes
Jonathan Kreisberg at the Bop Stop
Alla Boara- Le Tre Sorelle
Ron Carter- Finding the Right Notes
Maria Schneider Orchestra in Ann Arbor
​Contemporary Records 70th- Carter and Pepper
​Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf: Purdie and Axelrod
​Karl-Henrik Ousback- Confluence
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44th Annual Tri-C JazzFest
​Ray Barretto- Que Viva La Musica
​Soul Survivor: Lou Donaldson Keeps the Bop Flame Alive
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Waking Vision- The Breathing Earth
​More OJC Magic: Masterpieces from Bill Evans & Dave Brubeck
​Craft Latino: Tito Puente; Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe
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Joshua Redman at the Cleveland Museum of Art
​Bill Charlap at Treelawn Music Hall
​Artemis at Finney Chapel
Weather Bird: Sullivan Fortner & Ambrose Akinmusire
​Joe Henderson: Power to the People
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OJC'S Big Guns: Blakey, Adderley, and Carter
​OJC Bop & Beyond: The Cats & Yusef Lateef
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45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest
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More OJC Goodies: Red Garland & Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane
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OJC Trumpet Titans: Miles Davis & Clark Terry
​Fania Fire: Reissues from Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe
ARCHIVES FROM CLEVELAND SCENE
Benny Golson- Setting Standards
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Matt Wilson- Bang the Drum Differently
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