DC: JOE LOVANO'S "US FIVE" AT BLUES ALLEY
With Folk Art, his 21st recording for Blue Note, Joe Lovano debuts Us Five, a dynamic new ensemble and one of the most exciting of his acclaimed career atBLUES ALLEY (1073 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC - 202-337-4141) on Tuesday through Thursday, September 18th through 20th with shows at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. The five (Joe Lovano, James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, Otis Brown III & Francisco Mela) collectively breathes a youthful exuberance into the first-ever Lovano album to be comprised entirely of his own original compositions. Recorded in November after a preparatory week at New York's famed Village Vanguard, Lovano presents a collection of nine original compositions for himself on tenor saxophone, straight alto saxophone, alto clarinet, tarogato, aulochrome, and percussion; James Weidman on piano; Esperanza Spalding on bass; and Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela on - as Lovano likes to put it drums and cymbals. Lovano explores a wide spectrum of "colors, sounds, and feelings," organizing the flow into passages for quintet, quartets, trios, duos, and solos within the unit, exploiting to the fullest the various rhythm section possibilities afforded by the two-drummer format. Call for cover/minimum information.
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