Latest Release

- MAY 5, 2023
- Our Daily Bread
- 8 Songs
- Trio Tapestry · 2019
- Arctic Riff · 2020
- Garden of Expression · 2021
- Radio Music Society (Deluxe Edition) · 2012
- Afrodesia · 1975
- Our Daily Bread · 2023
- I'm All for You (Ballad Songbook) · 2004
- Evolution · 2016
- I Have the Room Above Her · 2004
- Radio Music Society · 2012
Essential Albums
Artist Playlists
- This keeper of the post-bop flame also pushes his tenor sax into experimental realms.
- Applying his velvety versatility to countless contexts.
- The tenor-sax fixture flexes across live cuts and outliers.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
- Sonic Twist®
About Joe Lovano
One of the most celebrated saxophonists of his generation, Joe Lovano is a highly expressive improviser whose lithe, swinging style incorporates traditional bop influences with modal and free devices. A Cleveland native, Lovano first came to prominence in the early '90s and issued a handful of highly regarded albums for Blue Note, including 1993's Universal Language, 1996's Celebrating Sinatra, and 2000's 52nd Street Themes, the latter of which took home a Grammy Award. He has remained at the forefront of post-bop jazz, ably paying homage to his idols (2011's Charlie Parker-inspired Bird Songs), recording with like-minded contemporaries (trumpeter Dave Douglas on 2018's Sound Prints: Scandal), and continuing to make forays into the avant-garde with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi as Trio Tapestry. Another Douglas collaboration, Other Worlds, arrived in 2021, followed by 2022's Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian with Jakob Bro. ~ Matt Collar
- HOMETOWN
- Cleveland, OH, United States
- BORN
- December 29, 1952