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DESCRIPTION:\nHailed by the New York Times as &ldquo\;one of the greatest m
 usicians in jazz history\,&rdquo\; Grammy  Award winning saxophone giant J
 oe Lovano has distinguished himself for some three decades  as a prescient
  and path finding force in the arena of creative music. The secret to Lova
 no&rsquo\;s  success is his fearless ability to push the conceptual and th
 ematic choices he has made in his  quest to find new modes of artistic exp
 ression within the jazz idiom.\nSince 2009\, Lovano&rsquo\;s main vehicle 
 for his exploration has been Us Five a dynamic young  band.  Their most re
 cent release - Bird Songs&mdash\;  Lovano&rsquo\;s 22nd album for Blue Not
 e Records (the release of which marked his 20th year on  the label) is an 
 exploration of the Charlie Parker songbook that breaks the mold of Bird tr
 ibute  records. &ldquo\;I didn&rsquo\;t approach this as a tribute record\
 ,&rdquo\; states Joe Lovano\, dispelling right off the  bat any preconcept
 ion that his latest album is a mere retread. In 2011 the JJA (Jazz  Journa
 list&rsquo\;s Association) named Bird Songs Recording of the the Year and 
 named Us  Five Small Ensemble of the Year. It was also the Downbeat Editor
 &rsquo\;s Pick for Album of  the Year. Us Five&rsquo\;s debut recording&md
 ash\;2009&rsquo\;s Folk Art&mdash\;was a wide-ranging set of Lovano&rsquo\
 ;s  original compositions that resulted in Us Five being awarded Best Smal
 l Ensemble of the Year  at the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards and winning the Best J
 azz Group of the Year category in the  2010 DownBeat Critics Poll. Lovano 
 completed a double-triple of awards by also winning the  JJA&rsquo\;s Musi
 cian and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year\, and DownBeat&rsquo\;s Jazz Artist
  and Tenor  Saxophonist of the Year.
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LOCATION:Oakland
SUMMARY:Joe Lovano Us Five featuring James Weidmann\, Esperanza Spalding\, 
 Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela
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