Joe Lovano - Flying Colors

CDs: Flying Colors

1. Flying Colors (Rubalcabo)
2. How Deep Is the Ocean? (Berlin)
3. Boss Town (Lovano)
4. Bird Food (Coleman)
5. Spontaneous Color
6. Phantasm (Lovano)
7. Ugly Beauty (Monk)
8. Hot House (Dameron)
9. Gloria's Step (LaFaro)
10. Mr. Hyde (Lovano)
11. I Love Music (Boyd)
12. Along Came Betty (Golson)

Joe Lovano - Straight Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Drums, Gong

Gonzalo Rubalcabo - Piano

Produced by Joe Lovano

Recorded February 31, 1997

"Known primarily for his opulent tenor sax tone, Lovano employs his straight tenor sax, soprano sax, alto clarinet and gongs. You'll also do a double take when he sits down at the traps midway through his own tune, Boss Town. In so doing, Lovano keeps the color line flexible, using Rubalcaba's keyboard as a sort of point of departure.

"There are moments of great tenderness and forays into slightly woolly climes as well. The choice of material is rich and deep, from Irving Berlin to Ornette Coleman." Willard Jenkins - Jazz Times

Gonzalo is one of the most poetic musicians in Jazz today. He plays deepest feeling within his express, and he’s a very lyrical, beautiful player. We’ve had a chance to perform as a duet in concerts throughout the states and Europe and these have been some of the most creative evenings of my life. Within the evening, the nature of our duet changes, because I play saxophones and drums, percussion and gongs, and within each piece we play, the instrumentation is changing. We play over a wide range of personalities.

Similar to Ten Tales, we did this in the studio in one day, a very creative way to record. We got together beforehand and chose some material. I brought in three originals, and we also played some standard pieces, something by Monk, and Ornette, and Gonzalo wrote the title tune.

"...he'll play simply one moment, deliver a complex swirl the next.." Down Beat