My dad, Tony “Big T” Lovano, had just passed when I recorded this, so I included a couple of tributes to him, including T Was to Me, which I performed on saxophone and gong.
It was based on a poem my friend Ronald Hudson Smith wrote about my dad. I read the poem, like Trane did on A Love Supreme.
Dewey was written for both Miles Dewey Davis, and Dewey Redman. The first four bars are reminiscent of a phrase that reminded me of both of those cats.
Tom and I were in Mel’s band in the early 80s, and like my other dates, I wrote the compostions with the players in mind.
"By 1988, it was becoming increasingly obvious that tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano was on his way to becoming a major… read more"Scott Yanow, All Music Guide