Joe Lovano – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Joe Lovano is a jazz musician who plays saxophone, tenor saxophone and clavinet. Joe Lovano was born on 29 December 1952 in Cleveland. The music is usually filed under jazz and post-bop. Record labels: Black Saint. The discography here lists 36 albums, from “Solid Steps” (1986) to “Paramount Quartet” (2026).

Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Though best known as a tenor saxophonist, Lovano has also recorded on alto clarinet, flute and drums, amongst other instruments. He has earned a Grammy Award and several mentions in Down Beat magazine's critics' & readers' polls. His wife is singer Judi Silvano, with whom he records and performs. Lovano was a longtime member of the late drummer Paul Motian's trio alongside guitarist Bill Frisell.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Solid Steps 1986 Landmarks 1991 · Blue Note Sounds of Joy 1991 · enja From the Soul 1992 · Blue Note

Kurdish Dance 1992

Universal Language 1993 · Blue Note Tenor Legacy 1994 · Blue Note

Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard 1995 · Live

Rush Hour 1995 · Blue Note Celebrating Sinatra 1996 · BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Tenor Time 1997 · somethin’else Flying Colors 1998 · Blue Note Trio Fascination, Edition One 1998 · Blue Note Friendly Fire 1999 · Blue Note 52nd Street Themes 2000 · Blue Note Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination, Edition Two 2001 · Blue Note Viva Caruso 2002 · Blue Note I'm All for You 2004 · Blue Note Joyous Encounter 2005 · Blue Note Streams of Expression 2006 · Blue Note

Kids: Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca‐Cola 2007 · Live

Latest Outlook 2007

Seraphic Light 2008 · Telarc Jazz Symphonica 2008 · Blue Note

Mostly Coltrane 2009

Stolas: Book of Angels, Volume 12 2009

Wild Beauty 2013

Sound Prints: Live at Monterey Jazz Festival 2015 · Live

Scandal 2018 · Greenleaf Music Trio Tapestry 2019 · ECM Records

Arctic Riff 2020

Other Worlds 2021 · Greenleaf Music Our Daily Bread 2023 · ECM Records Trio Tapestry 2023 · ECM Records Homage 2025 · ECM Records Paramount Quartet 2026 · ECM Records

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Albums where Joe Lovano is credited as a sideman

1975	Afro‐Desia — Lonnie Smith	tenor saxophone, saxophone
1977	The 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert — Woody Herman	woodwind
1978	Road Father — Woody Herman	flute, tenor saxophone
1978	Chick, Donald, Walter & Woodrow — Woody Herman	woodwind
1979	Lonnie Smith featuring George Benson, Ron Carter — Lonnie Smith feat. George Benson, Ron Carter	tenor saxophone
1986	Transition — Peter Erskine	saxophone
1988	Monk in Motian — Paul Motian	tenor saxophone
1989	Music — Michel Petrucciani	soprano saxophone
1989	Sail Away — Tom Harrell	tenor saxophone
1989	On Broadway, Volume 1 — Paul Motian	tenor saxophone
1990	Oscar — Philip Catherine	tenor saxophone
1990	Form — Tom Harrell	tenor saxophone
1990	On Broadway, Volume 2 — Paul Motian	tenor saxophone
1990	Bill Evans — Paul Motian	tenor saxophone
1991	Sweet Soul — Peter Erskine	tenor saxophone
1991	Paul Motian On Broadway, Vol. III — Paul Motian	tenor saxophone
1992	Passages — Tom Harrell	saxophone
1993	Upswing — Tom Harrell	tenor saxophone
1993	Danilo Pérez — Danilo Pérez	soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
1993	Dazzling Days — Yosuke Yamashita	tenor saxophone
1994	Ways of Time — Yosuke Yamashita	tenor saxophone
1994	Real Book — Steve Swallow	tenor saxophone
1995	Dialogues — Jim Hall	tenor saxophone
1995	An American Diary — Mike Mainieri	tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto clarinet
1996	Labyrinth — Tom Harrell	tenor saxophone
1996	From Now On — Sonny Fortune	tenor saxophone
1997	Textures — Jim Hall	soprano saxophone
1998	By Arrangement — Jim Hall	clarinet, soprano saxophone
1999	Open Land — John Abercrombie	tenor saxophone
2000	Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar — Jim Hall, Joe Lovano, George Mraz & Lewis Nash	reeds