Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry – Our Daily Bread (ECM Records – ECM 2777/4877746. Album review by Graham Spry) Joe Lovano has, quite simply, been one of America’s most accomplished tenor saxophonists for […]
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry – ‘Our Daily Bread’
Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano – ‘Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian’
Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano – Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM 4599490. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) The recording career of Paul Motian (1931–2011) began with Bill Evans’s […]
Pančevo Jazz Festival 2022 (Serbia)
Pančevo Jazz Festival (Kulturnog centra Pančeva, Serbia. 4-6 November 2022. Review and photos by John Watson) There is certainly a great deal of fine music on the international jazz scene – but […]
Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano: ‘Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian’
Ten years after the death of Paul Motian, an ensemble led by Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano met in Copenhagen to record Once Around the Room, a powerful personal tribute to Motian’s […]
‘Music for Black Pigeons’ (jazz documentary): premiere this week
Variety (*) is reporting that a new film, ‘Music for Black Pigeons’, by Danish directors Andreas Koefoed and Jørgen Leth will have its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week. The […]
Ronnie Scott’s April-June programme includes Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Donny McCaslin, Fergus McCreadie…
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club recently announced their concert season from April to June. Among the performers are Joe Lovano, Donny McCaslin and Fergus McCreadie. Charles Rees writes… Joe Lovano , one of […]
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – ‘Other Worlds’
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – Other Worlds (Greenleaf GRE-CD-1084. Album Review by Alison Bentley) Not footprints, but Sound Prints: this US quintet led by Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas […]
Joe Lovano and Trio Tapestry – ‘Garden of Expression’
Joe Lovano and Trio Tapestry – Garden of Expression (ECM 7736190. CD review by John Bungey) If you’re a fan of the vinyl revival then don’t buy this album. Well do, just […]
‘Motian in Motion’ (Doc ‘n Roll Festival/BFI)
Motian in Motion (Film directed by Michael Patrick Kelly. Aquapio Films. 86 minutes. Review by Jon Turney) UPDATE 5 January 2020 via Twitter from DocnRoll Fest: “England going into another full lockdown […]
New Series “Live From Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio” (first session 14 November)
A brand new series of livestreams from Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey starts tomorrow, Saturday 14 November 2020. An all-star quartet (Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Isaiah J. Thompson and […]
Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (2019 EFG LJF)
Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Chris Parker) As a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of […]
Saxophone Summit – Street Talk
Saxophone Summit – Street Talk (Enja Records – ENJA 9769. Review by Adrian Pallant) When the joy and thrill of music-making gushes out of your speakers with a life force such as […]
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma (ECM 774 2428. Review by Peter Bacon) Such is the quality of live recordings these days that it can come as a surprise to hear applause at […]
