2004 Down
Beat Critics Poll Winner Tenor Saxophone
2003 Down
Beat Critics Poll Winner Tenor Saxophone
2003 Jazz
Times Winner Best Tenor Saxophone
2002 NY Times
Top Ten Jazz Albums - "Viva Caruso"
2001 Down
Beat Reader's Poll Winner for Jazz Artist of the Year; Tenor Saxophonist
of the Year; Jazz Album of the Year for "52nd Street Themes"
("Flights Of Fancy" placed #3)
2001 Down
Beat Critic's Poll Winner for Musician of the Year
2001 Jazz
Journalists Association Critic's Choice Awards Winner for "Musician
of the Year" and "Jazz Album of the Year" (52nd
St. Themes); Nominated for "Small Ensemble of the Year"
(Nonet); "Tenor Saxophonist of the Year";
2001 Recipient
of "The Gary Burton Chair for Jazz Performance" by Berklee
College of Music
2000 Grammy
Winner for Best Large Ensemble for 52nd Street Themes
2000 Down
Beat Readers & Critics Poll Winner Tenor Player of the Year
2000 Jazz
Journalists Association Critic's Choice Awards Winner for "Musician
of the Year," "Tenor Saxophonist of the Year" and
Best Album "52nd Street Themes"
1999 Jazz
Times Readers Poll Album of the Year Trio Fascination: Edition
One
1999 Bell
Atlantic Jazz Awards, winner Best Tenor Saxophonist and nominee
for Musician of the Year
1998 New
York Jazz Awards nominee for Musician Of The Year; Improviser
of the Year; Best Tenor Saxophonist
1998 Jazz
Journalists Association Critics Choice Awards nominee for Musician
of the Year; Best Improviser of the Year; Best Artist/Band In
Performance; Best Combo of 1997 (Joe Lovano Sextet); Best Tenor
Sax Player of the Year
1998 Awarded
an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music
1997 Grammy
Nominee Best Instrumental Performance for Celebrating Sinatra
1997 Jazz
Journalists Association Critics Choice Awards Winner "Album
of the Year" for Quartets Live At The Vanguard and nominee
for Musician of the Year; Best Instrumentalist; Best Working Band
(Joe Lovano Quartet);
1996 Grammy
Nominee Best Jazz Small Group Album and Jazz Solo for Quartets
Live at the Village Vanguard
"Jazz
Artist of the Year" 1995 & 1996 Down Beat Critics Poll
& Readers Poll
"Tenor
Player of the Year" 1995 Down Beat Readers Poll
"Album
of the Year" Rush Hour 1995 Down Beat Critics & Readers
Poll
1995 Grammy
Nominee Best Large Ensemble for Rush Hour
1995 Jazz
Report Magazine (Canada)"International Artist of the Year"
1994 Grammy
Nominee Best Jazz Small Group Album for Tenor Legacy
"He is a strong soloist, constantly searching for inspiration and finding it in both what he plays and the company he keeps. "All About Jazz
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