Tenor Legacy (Joe Lovano album)

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Tenor Legacy
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Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedRecorded June 18, 1993
StudioSkyline, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length66:09
Label Blue Note
Producer Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano chronology
Universal Language
(1992)
Tenor Legacy
(1993)
Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard
(1994)

Tenor Legacy is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano, recorded in 1993 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Lovano has created a set with a great deal of variety and some surprising moments". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Tom Hull A− [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Lovano except as indicated
  1. "Miss Etna" - 6:30
  2. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:44
  3. "Blackwell's Message" - 5:36
  4. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 4:31
  5. "Introspection" (Thelonious Monk) - 9:05
  6. "In the Land of Ephesus" - 6:58
  7. "To Her Ladyship" (Billy Frazier) - 9:03
  8. "Web of Fire" - 5:51
  9. "Rounder's Mood" (Booker Little) - 8:20
  10. "Bread and Wine" - 3:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Joe Lovano discography accessed July 21, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed July 21, 2011
  3. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 4473. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull . Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 908. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved 3 March 2020. Rush Hour (Joe Lovano album).