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Symphonica

Joe's latest Blue Note recording, Symphonica featuring the
WDR Big Band and Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Michael Abene has been nominated for two Grammys.

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February 14, Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR, Joe Lovano

Check out Joe's gigs page for his complete 2008 schedule.

Listen to the Paul Motian Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard, featuring Paul, Joe, and Bill Frissell. This is part of an ongoing Live at the Village Vanguard series produced by Joshua Jackson of WBGO. The first set on Wednesday night is broadcast live, and then available for streaming.

For his 20th Blue Note album, Joe Lovano delivers a milestone recording, Symphonica, a bold and beautiful orchestral project recorded largely in concert with the WDR Radio Big Band and Orchestra from Cologne, Germany, with the music arranged and conducted by Michael Abene, the musical director of the big band.

The album marks the first time in Lovano's career that he has recorded an entire album with a full symphony. Additionally, all the music consists of Lovano compositions save for one piece (Charles Mingus' “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" where Lovano sustains his tenor saxophone lines to hover over the haunting melody). In that sense, Symphonica stands as a full-sound, best-of collection that traces the breadth and plumbs the depth of Lovano's career.

Symphonica has been nominated for two Grammys, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and, Best Instrumental Arrangement, for Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love, Michael Abene, arranger.

Symphonica has also been named to NPRs Best of 2008. Also included was the Saxophone Summit recording, Seraphic Light.

The Cat with the Hat

The Cat With The Hat just won an award in the competition
Best German Book Design 2008.
The book will be shown during 2009 in following cities:
Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Bukarest, Guadalajara, Kapstadt, Moscow, Taipeh, New Delhi and Tokyo.

For more info please visit the publisher's website.

"He provided the packed house at the Vanguard with an evening of inspired collaborative interplay that mirrored his career. " All About Jazz