Saxophonist Joe Lovano

A great tenor returns

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 11/6/2008

For many the tenor saxophone is the totemic instrument of mainstream jazz, and Joe Lovano is one of its prime high priests. Born in Cleveland into a family that worshipped music, he was largely self taught, although mentored by his father, "Big T," a barber who also gigged around town on the tenor. Lovano eventually studied at the famous Berklee College of Music

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