Joe Lovano - Sounds of Joy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:29
Size: 138,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:33)  1. Sounds of Joy
(6:38)  2. Strength and Courage
(4:30)  3. I'll Wait and Pray
(7:00)  4. Cedar Avenue Blues
(7:55)  5. Bass and Space
(9:33)  6. Ettenro
(4:20)  7. Until the Moment Was Now
(8:24)  8. This One's for Lacy
(5:33)  9. 23rd Street Theme

From Joe Lovano: This was not only my first trio recording as a leader, but the first time I played with the great Ed Blackwell. I wrote all the tunes for the session with Blackwell in mind, because he's been a great inspiration through the years. Blackwell's sound, touch, ideas, execution and personality all came through when he played. He was an amazing improviser and always created a very complete dialogue with you. The title, Sounds of Joy, is what I felt from Blackwell from all the music I heard him play through the years. Strength and Courage I wrote for him because that was his essence. He endured many years of kidney problems. In fact, he was one of the longest surviving dialysis patients, pioneering a technique where you could travel and do the procedure at different hospitals on the road. I played with Blackwell for two years, when we recorded this, and my first gig at the Village Vanguard. Like me, Anthony Cox, the bassist, was playing with John Scofield s group at the time. https://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Joy-Joe-Lovano/dp/B000027MH1

The Lovano date is a tour de force. In, out, the blues, ballads, the man from Cleveland has it all covered, from A to Z and beyond. Bret Primack ~ Jazz Times   

Personnel:  Joe Lovano tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet;  Anthony Cox bass; Ed Blackwel drums.

Sounds of Joy

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