Joe Lovano
Joseph S. "Joe" Lovano ( born December 29, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American jazz saxophonist. The musician has " so far developed its comprehensive skills consistently and in different stylistic environment, " according to Martin Kunzler that he has brought the story of the tenor saxophone to its own denominator and is now recommended as the successor to Joe Henderson.
Life and work
Lovano has been designed as a child by his father, tenor saxophonist Tony " Big T " Lovano. After attending high school, he went to the Berklee School of Music in Boston, where he was a student of Herb Pomeroy, Joe Viola, Andy McGhee, John LaPorta and Gary Burton and worked with musicians such as John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Kenny Werner. The Berklee School awarded him the 1994 Distinguished Alumni Award, in 1998 an honorary doctorate and the 2001 The Gary Burton Chair for Jazz Performance.
After the Berklee School he played with Dr. Lonnie Smith, who brought him to New York, his first album Afrodesia one. After a collaboration with Jack McDuff, he participated in Woody Herman's part anniversary tour, culminating with the The 40th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall in 1976, which was also Stan Getz, Frank Tiberi, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Giuffre and Flip Phillips took part.
After three years of working with Woody Herman, where he also took part in a European tour to Lovano settled in New York. Here is his collaboration began with the singer and dancer Judi Silvano, whom he later married. With the Mel Lewis Orchestra emerged in 1992 six albums. In addition, he worked among others with Elvin Jones, Carla Bley, Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, and Bob Brookmeyer. Since 1981, he also appeared with Paul Motian and Bill Frisell. From 1989 to 1993 he was a member of the John Scofield Quartet. Besides this he, inter alia, with Gunther Schuller, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Brubeck, Billy Higgins, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell, Michel Petrucciani, Lee Konitz, Abbey Lincoln, Tom Harrell, McCoy Tyner, Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer on.
Appeared in 1985 with Tones, Shapes and Colors, his first album as a bandleader, in 1991, his first album for Blue Note From The Soul. This was followed by Universal Language, Downbeat and 1994 Tenor Legacy with Joshua Redman, which was nominated for a Grammy. In Rush Hour, he played in 1995 in addition to his own compositions pieces of Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Gunther Schuller with some great cast one.
The other recordings of the 1990s to present, almost all solid working bands, some with guests. His album Quartet at the Village Vanguard 1996 Jazz Album of the Year Award from Downbeat magazine and in 1997 received two Grammy nominations. Even Joe Lovano Celebrating Sinatra (1997) was nominated for a Grammy in 1998. With Gonzalo Rubalcaba, he played a 1998 Flying Colors. This was followed by Trio Fascination (1998 with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland), Friendly Fire (1999 with Greg Osby ), 52nd Street Themes (2000, with arrangements by Willie " Face" Smith), Flights of Fancy (2001), Viva Caruso (2002 ) On This Day ... At the Vanguard (2003 ) I'm All for You (2004) and Joyous Encounter ( 2005).
" Borgani - Lovano tenor " with " Pearl Silver body and Gold 24K keys": It has long been the musician plays with saxophones in custom product from the Italian manufacturer Workshop Borgani.
Lovano is the leader of the quintet Us Five, with whom he along with Esperanza Spalding, James Weidman, Francisco Mella and Otis Brown Album Folk Art einspielt 2009. Two years later, also jointly rehearsed album Bird Songs appeared with reinterpretations of pieces of Charlie "Bird" Parker. It earned him another Grammy nomination. In the same retarded band occupation, only for individual tracks with Peter Slavov instead of Spalding, the quintet end of 2012 already put another album before titled Cross Culture. It is his 23rd album under his own name, but emphasizes the joint creation of the music on an equal footing. Lovano is quoted as saying: " It was not just to play at the sametime, but to collectively create music within the music. "
Lovano worked as a lecturer at many institutions, about 1983 to 1990 for the William Patterson College in New Jersey and the New York University, and also for the Berklee College of Music in Boston, which in 1998 awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Prizes and awards
Only in 1991 was Lovano in Poll of Downbeat magazine as a tenor saxophonist who deserve further attention, appreciated. Already in 1995 and 1996, he was confirmed by some parallel victories Musician of the Year, tenor saxophonist and artist of the album of the year in the same poll. A similar success succeeded in 2001 and again in 2010.
Lexical entries
- Martin Kunzler Jazz Encyclopedia Volume 2 Reinbek: Rowohlt 2002 ISBN 3-499-16513-9.