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Joe Lovano's tenor sax solo is the 24th of 25 on this recording, following Emmet Cohen's piano and followed by Russell Hall on acoustic bass. Spanning sixteen choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 185 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 4:09. The session showcases multiple facets of Lovano's artistry: his eight-chorus solo on his own Confirmation contrafact at 204 BPM in A-flat, a sixteen-chorus blues solo at 185 BPM, a ten-chorus exploration of his 24-bar original in G, and intimate ballad work on a Strayhorn-Ellington piece at 56 BPM in D-flat and Johnny Green's Body and Soul at 65 BPM. Joe said this one's for Ben Webster. Joe Lovano was 68 to 69 years old at the time of this 2021 recording.
Joe Lovano was 68 to 69 years old at the time.
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