"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Joe Lovano is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Joe Lovano is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. Joe Lovano concert reviews describe live shows and performances as inventive and adventurous.
Joseph Salvatore Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 1952 and grew up in a very musical household. His dad, Tony, aka Big T, was a barber by day and a big-toned tenor player at night.
Has Performed With
Dave Douglas
Critic Concert Reviews
Nippertown (USA)
August 15, 2023
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Joe Lovano is an iconic saxophonist not only on the national jazz scene but also on the global scene. To have him play as a guest soloist with a top-notch 17-member big band was certainly a treat for the full house at the Falcon on August 13th.
Having held off a full iteration during the past two pandemic affected years, there was a bounty of all-star jazz talent at the return of top Belgian festival
The latest episode in Teri Roiger & John Menegon's “Jazzstock” series was billed as “An Evening of Expressive Music with Joe Lovano & Friends.” Mind you, “expressive” can be both defined and interpreted in many ways; also, not to put too fine a point on it, nobody in the jazz world expresses himself like Lovano.
On the first of two nights at Ronnie Scott’s the quintet played some robust originals and put inventive Cuban spins on both swing classics and Thelonious Monk quotes with lyricism and wit.