Folk Art

Performer: Joe Lovano
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Big-toned tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano is a truly unpredictable talent, constantly pushing into new directions and contexts for his playing. On FOLK ART, his 21st recording for Blue Note and first album of entirely original material, Lovano debuts a new band, Us Five. With two drummers, Lovano can utilize and explore both funk and Afro-Cuban rhythms and work them into a context that includes hard bop and the post-John Coltrane era innovations. Simply put, this is a powerful, rhythm-charged session where leader and band push the envelope without leaving the audience behind.

Down Beat (p.50) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "FOLK ART is more emotional than cerebral....As the album progresses it becomes more and more organic in nature, both in its abstractions as well as its simple melodies." Billboard (p.34) - "The 10-minute title track, with its tempo and thematic shifts, typifies the free architectural designs throughout, while the grooved and spirited 'Dibango' is a treat..."

Big-toned tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano is a protean master of jazz. He knows bebop inside and out, and he's been inspired by free jazz, soul jazz, fusion, and contemporary big band jazz as well. With his big Sonny Rollins-sized tone, Lovano paid his dues with organ masters Dr. Lonnie Smith and Jack McDuff, and in the `70s big bands of Woody Herman and Mel Lewis as well as the cutting-edge combos of Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Carla Bley. Unlike many jazz musicians, Lovano has performed and recorded in a wide variety of contexts, from duos (with Hank Jones) to pianoless trios, as well as album tributes to vocal legends Frank Sinatra and Enrico Caruso.

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