Journalist CV

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, writer/photographer/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 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 his reviews and photos are regularly featured at ALL ABOUT JAZZ and DOWN BEAT. In addition, he 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.

RECENT LINER NOTES PENNED BY HOVAN

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
Bob james- october 2020
joey defrancesco- november 2021
ron miles- may 2022

OTHER RECENT WORK

hOVAN'S PHOTO FOR THE BREEDING GROUND TV

HOVAN'S PHOTO AS featured ON ted rosenthal's blog.

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jAZZ journalist/photographer