C. ANDREW HOVAN
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Writer
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Writer, photographer, and musician ​​C. Andrew Hovan​​ has been active in the field of jazz since his days at the Berklee College of Music in the mid-'80s. He has been a past trustee of the Northeast Ohio Jazz Society and a jazz dee-jay at WCPN-FM Cleveland.  

​A freelance musician and record collector, Hovan has been a contributor to the MusicHound album reference guides for jazz and swing, and is a regular contributor to All About Jazz and Down Beat.  Hovan also regularly pens liner notes and has done so for SteepleChase, Cellar Music, Smoke Sessions, Tony Monaco's Chicken Coop label,  Criss Cross Jazz, Sharp Nine, Water Music, and Mighty Quinn.

Hovan has been documenting the jazz scene in Cleveland and abroad with his camera for many years now and
 has traveled to Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, Toronto, New York City, etc. to cover jazz festivals and performances.

Hovan's photographs have been seen in a variety of publications including Down Beat, Hot House, The New York Times, and in Mark C. Gridley's jazz textbook Jazz Styles.  Hovan is also a past nominee for the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Career Excellence in Photography, an honor bestowed by the Jazz Journalists Association.


Hovan is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association and uses Nikon digital cameras exclusively.
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Hovan's photo for THE BREEDING GROUND TV.
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Hovan's photo as featured on Ted Rosenthal's blog.
All contents copyright C. Andrew Hovan 2025
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