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Infobox musical artist | name = Joe Lovano| image = Joe Lovano.jpg| caption = Photo by Ed Newman| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Joseph Salvatore Lovano| alias =| Born = Birth date and age|1952|12|29 Cleveland, Ohio , United States|U.S. | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Tenor saxophone Alto saxophone C melody saxophone Clarinet Flute | genre = Post bop | occupation =| years_active =| label =| associated_acts = Saxophone Summit SF Jazz Collective McCoy Tyner Quartet Shades of Jazz | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Tenor saxophone Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano (born December 29, 1952) is a post bop jazz saxophonist , alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone playersSays who|date=March 2011, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls. He is married to jazz singer Judi Silvano .
Biography
Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio , to Sicilian-American parents. His father's family came from the town of Alcara Li Fusi in Sicily , and his mother's family came from Cesarò , also in Sicily. In Cleveland, Ohio , Lovano was exposed throughout his early life to jazz by his father, Tony "Big T" Lovano. John Coltrane , Dizzy Gillespie , and Sonny Stitt were among his earlier influences. He developed further at Berklee College of Music where he studied under Herb Pomeroy and Gary Burton , then served a big band apprenticeship with Woody Herman 's Thundering Herd and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.
Cleveland tenorman "Big T" Lovano was his son's first inspiration, teaching him all the standards, how to lead a gig, pace a set, and be versatile enough to always find work. Joe started on alto at age six and switched to tenor five years later. He attended Berklee college of music before working with Jack McDuff and Dr. Lonnie Smith . After three years with Woody Herman 's orchestra, Lovano moved to New York and began playing regularly with Mel Lewis ’ Big Band. This influence is still present in his solos. He often plays lines that convey the rhythmic drive and punch of an entire horn section. http://joelovano.bluemusicgroup.com/
In the early ‘80s he began working in John Scofield ’s quartet and a bass-less trio with Paul Motian and Bill Frisell . Steeped in the tradition of Ornette Coleman , Motian’s recordings show off Lovano’s avant-garde abilities. Lovano has enduring musical partnerships with John Scofield and Paul Motian , having participated in some of their more noteworthy projects over the years. In 1993, at the suggestion of musicologist Gunther Schuller , fellow Clevelander and bebop guitarist Bill DeArango recorded the album "Anything Went" with Lovano. "He was a major mentor for all of us round here," said Lovano. In 1999, having developed dementia, DeArango was taken into a nursing home, where Lovano visited him on December 26, 2005. Two hours after Lovano left, DeArango died. "He knew we were there," said Lovano. "His heartbeat raced. He knew we were there." http://joelovano.bluemusicgroup.com/
He is currently a jazz artist on the international level. His live work, specifically Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard , garnered a Down Beat "Jazz Album of the Year" award. Other releases include Trio Fascination and 52nd Street (Manhattan)|52nd Street Themes . In the late 1990s, he formed the Saxophone Summit with Dave Liebman and Michael Brecker (now deceased, replaced with Ravi Coltrane ). He played the tenor saxophone on the critically acclaimed 2007 McCoy Tyner album Quartet . In 2006 Lovano released Streams Of Expression , a tribute to cool jazz and free jazz . He did this with the help of Gunther Schuller who contributed his "Birth Of The Cool Suite". Joe Lovano and Hank Jones released an album together in June 2007 entitled Kids . Lovano also currently leads his quartet with Berklee Faculty and students Esperanza Spalding , James Weidman , and Otis Brown .
He has been the teacher of Jeff Coffin after the latter received an NEA Jazz Studies Grant in 1991. http://www.jeffcoffin.com/education.html He currently holds the Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance at Berklee College of Music .cite web|last=Small|first=Mark|title=Joe Lovano '72 Will Be First to Occupy Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance|url= http://www.berklee.edu/bt/131/bb_joelovano.html|publisher=Berklee Today|accessdate=22 November 2011
Joe Lovano has been playing http://www.borgani.com Borgani saxophones since 1991 and exclusively since 1999. He has his own series called Borgani-Lovano, which uses Pearl-Silver Alloy with Gold 24K keys. http://www.joelovano.com/resources.php
He appears in Noah Buschel 's film The Missing Person , with Academy Award Nominees Amy Ryan and Michael Shannon (actor)|Michael Shannon .
Jack of Clubs (album)|Jack of Clubs with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1985)
'' It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (ECM, 1985)
Misterioso (Paul Motian album)|Misterioso with Ed Schuller and Jim Pepper (Soul Note, 1986)
One Time Out (Soul Note, 1987)
Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988) trio + guests
On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)
Bill Evans (album)|Bill Evans (JMT, 1990)
On Broadway Volume 2 (JMT, 1990)
Motian in Tokyo (JMT, 1991)
On Broadway Volume 3 (JMT, 1993)
Trioism (JMT, 1993) trio + guest
At the Village Vanguard (Paul Motian album)|At the Village Vanguard (JMT, 1995) trio
Sound of Love (JMT, 1995) trio (live)
I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2004) trio
Time and Time Again (album)|Time and Time Again (ECM, 2006) trio
With McCoy Tyner
Quartet (McCoy Tyner album)|Quartet (2007)
With John Scofield
Oh& #33; (ScoLoHoFo album)|Oh! (2003)
With others
Unknown Voyage (1985) with Furio Di Castri
Think Before You Think (1989) with Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart , Marc Cohen and Dave Holland
Snide Remarks (1995) with Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart , Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson , Bill Carrothers and Larry Grenadier
Grand Slam (2000) with Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall , George Mraz, and Lewis Nash
Fourth World (2001) with James Emery, Judi Silvano, and Drew Gress
Gathering of Spirits (2004) with Michael Brecker and Dave Liebman
''Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (2007) with Hank Jones
Silverslide with Dan Silverman
Masada Quintet: Stolas: The Book of Angels Volume 12 (2009) with John Zorn , Dave Douglas (trumpeter)|Dave Douglas , Uri Caine , Greg Cohen and Joey Baron
References
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External links
http://www.joelovano.com/ Official Website
http://www.streamsofexpression.com Streams of Expression Video Scrapbook
http://www.borgani.com Borgani saxophones - as played by J.Lovano
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=91618666 Joe Lovano at NPR Music
Persondata | NAME = Lovano, Joe | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = December 29, 1952 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lovano, Joe Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Post-bop jazz musicians Category:American saxophonists Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:Jazz tenor saxophonists Category:Berklee College of Music faculty Category:Grammy Award winners Category:American jazz musicians of Italian descent Category:American people of Sicilian descent
