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Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet review
(ECM) Lovano and his spirited quartet make his instrument glow in all its pliable eloquence, with rattling originals amid the Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter covers
TL;DR
- Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, a hybrid instrument combining woodwind fluency with brass volume.
- The saxophone evolved from parade bands to become a prominent voice in jazz, championed by artists like Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Joe Lovano.
- Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet album, "Paramount Quartet", features his expressive saxophone playing alongside guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Asante Santi Debriano, and drummer Will Calhoun.
- The album includes interpretations of works by Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter, alongside Lovano's original compositions.
- Other notable releases mentioned include Joshua Redman and Gabrielle Cavassa's "Diavola", Mahan Mirarab's "Unspoken", and Empirical's "Like Lambs: To the Slaughter".