Jazz on 3 - Joe Lovano's Us Five at Ronnie Scott's

Jez Nelson presents a concert from US saxophonist Joe Lovano with his new quintet Us Five at Ronnie Scott's in London. The set features melodic tunes interwoven with free improvisation, and employs all combinations of players within the group. Playing a range of horns and folk instruments, Lovano is joined by James Weidman on piano, bassist Esperanza Spalding and two drummers - Otis Brown and Francesco Mela. Joe Lovano was born in Ohio to a musical family in 1952. He rose to prominence during the 1980s playing with John Scofield's quartet and Paul Motion's bass-less trio with Bill Frisell. Since then, he has led many of his own groups, developing a tone that combines Stan Getz's melodic style and Coltrane's gruffness with a sound knowledge of jazz composition to date. Artist: Acoustic Ladyland Title: Sport Mode Composer: Pete Wareham/Seb Rochford Album: Living with a Tiger Label: Strong and Wrong Artist: Troyka Track: Tax Return Composer: Chris Montague Album: Troyka Label: Edition Artist: Zed-U Track: Showroom Dummies Composer: Ralf Hutter Album: Night Time on the Middle Passage Label: Babel Artist: Mark Lockheart Track: Sand into Gold Composer: Mark Lockheart Album: In Deep Label: Edition A feature on the relationship between graphic design and jazz presented by editor of Eye magazine John L Walters. Musical excerpts played during the feature: Artist: Oliver Nelson Track: Stolen Moments Composer: Oliver Nelson Album: The Blues and the Abstract Truth Label: Impulse Artist: Art Tatum Track: Makin' Whoopie Composer: Art Tatum Album: The Complete Capitol Recordings of Art Tatum Label: Capitol Jazz Artist: Lee Morgan Track: Morgan the Pirate Composer: Lee Morgan Album: Search for the New Land Label: Blue Note Artist: Miles Davis Track: Funky Tonk Composer: Miles Davis Album: Live-Evil Label: Columbia/Legacy Artist: Jan Garbarek Track: Selje Composer: Garbarek/Andersen/Versala Album: Triptykon Label: ECM Artist: Pat Metheny Track: The Way Up Composer: Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays Album: The Way Up Label: Nonesuch Artist: Iain Ballamy Track: Medallion Composer: Iain Ballamy Album: Organic & GM Food Label: Feral Records Artist: Bill Frisell Track: Boubacar Composer: Bill Frisell Album: The Intercontinentals Label: Nonesuch Artist: Jason Lindner's Big Band Track: Suheir Composer: Jason Lindner Album: Live at the Jazz Gallery Label: Anzic Artist: John Coltrane Track: Giant Steps Composer: John Coltrane Album: Giant Steps Label: Atlantic Recommended further reading: Title: The Cover Art of Blue Note Records Author: Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham Publisher: Collins & Brown (2002) Title: Blue Note 2: The Album Cover Art Editors: Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham Publisher: Chronicle Books (1998) Title: Horizons Touched - The Music of ECM Author: Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths Publisher: Granta Books, London (2007) Jez interviews Joe Lovano. Joe Lovano recorded at Ronnie Scott's on 26 May 2009. Line-up: Joe Lovano (reeds) James Weidman (piano) Esperanza Spalding (bass) Otis Brown (drums) Francesco Mela (drums) Set list: Us Five Power House Folk Art Drum Song Song For Judi Big Ben All compositions by Joe Lovano. Recommended further listening: Artist: Joe Lovano Album: Us Five Label: Blue Note Released: May 2009.