Classic! Live at Newport

2016 live album by Joe Lovano

Live album by

Joe Lovano

Released

July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)

Recorded

2005

Venue

Newport Jazz Festival

Genre

Jazz

Length

57:47

Label

Blue Note 0602547950383

Producer

George Wein

Joe Lovano chronology

Sound Prints
(2015)

Classic! Live at Newport
(2016)

Trio Tapestry
(2019)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
PopMatters	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[3]

Classic! Live at Newport is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano recorded in 2005 during the 51st Newport Jazz Festival and released on July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) via Blue Note label.^[4]^[5] This is his 25th album to his Blue Note catalog.

Background

Lovano dedicated the album to the memory of both the pianist Hank Jones and longtime Blue Note president Bruce Lundvall. The six-tune recording features musical material drawn from the studio albums that Lovano recorded with Jones in 2004–2005.^[6] Lovano initially assembled his quartet with Jones, Mraz, and Motian in 2004 to record album I'm All For You. The record saw critical success, and the quartet returned to the studio to record the album Joyous Encounter, which was released in May 2005. That summer, Classic! Live at Newport was recorded with Lewis Nash who replaced Motian.^[7] On his website Lovano mentioned that this album is his final for Blue Note label.^[8]

Reception

Hrayr Attarian of Chicago Jazz Magazine noted "It took 11 years for saxophonist Joe Lovano’s superb live recording from the 51st Newport Jazz festival to be released. During these years, the world lost the ingenious pianist Hank Jones, who makes the resulting album Classic! Live at Newport all the more poignant. The disc is the fourth documented collaboration between Lovano and Jones and is as intriguing as the others, yet unique in its unbridled energy and lively spontaneity....This splendid disc not only captures an exciting and stimulating concert, it also renders it impeccably and with vivid sound. Listening to it is certainly not a substitute for the actual attendance of this memorable event, but Classic! does allow for repeated enjoyment of the work of a quartet captured at the height of its creative power."^[9]

John Paul of PopMatters wrote that "Classic! Live at Newport offers little in the way of new or unexpected turns from any of these performers. Instead it serves as a fine reminder of the strengths of each and a fitting showcase for the link between jazz’s old and new guard, Lovano falling squarely in the middle. Fans of straight-ahead jazz and thrilling live performances will find much to like here".^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Ben"	Lovano	7:11
2.	"Bird's Eye View"	Lovano	11:06
3.	"Don't Ever Leave Me"	Thad Jones	10:23
4.	"I'm All for You"	Lovano	9:54
5.	"Kids Are Pretty People"	Thad Jones	8:09
6.	"Six and Four"	Oliver Nelson	11:04
Total length:			57:47

Personnel

Band

Hank Jones – piano
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
George Mraz – bass
Lewis Nash – drums

Production

John Abbott – photography
Mike Joyce – design
Joe Lovano – producer
Kurt Lundvall – engineer, mastering, mixing
George Wein – producer
Judi Silvano – cover art

References

^ Spreyer, Simon. "Classic! Live at Newport - Joe Lovano". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
^ PAUL, JOHN (13 October 2016). "Joe Lovano Quartet Classic! Live at Newport". Pop Matters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ "CLASSIC! LIVE AT NEWPORT (2016)". Blue Note. bluenote.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Bilawsky, Dan (July 8, 2016). "Joe Lovano Quartet: Classic! Live At Newport". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Joe Lovano 2005 live set spotlights Hank Jones". The Malta Independent. independent.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "CLASSIC! LIVE AT NEWPORT (2016)". Blue Note. bluenote.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "Classic!". Official website. joelovano.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Attarian, Hrayr (September 13, 2016). "CD Review: Joe Lovano - Classic! Live at Newport". Chicago Jazz Magazine. chicagojazz.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ PAUL, JOHN (13 October 2016). "Joe Lovano Quartet Classic! Live at Newport". Pop Matters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

External links

Official website

Joe Lovano

Albums

Tones, Shapes & Colors (1985)
Hometown Sessions (1986)
Solid Steps (1986)
Village Rhythm (1988)
Ten Tales (and Aldo Romano, 1989)
Worlds (1989)
Landmarks (1990)
From the Soul (1991)
Sounds of Joy (1991)
Universal Language (1992)
Tenor Legacy (1993)
Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard (1994–95)
Rush Hour (1994)
Celebrating Sinatra (1996)
Tenor Time (1996)
Trio Fascination: Edition One (1997)
Friendly Fire (and Greg Osby, 1998)
52nd Street Themes (1999)
Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two (2000)
Viva Caruso (2001)
Oh! (ScoLoHoFo: John Scofield, Lovano, Dave Holland, Al Foster, 2002)
On This Day ... Live at The Vanguard (2002)
I'm All For You (2003)
Joyous Encounter (2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (2005)
Streams of Expression (2005)
Symphonica (2005)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (2006)
Folk Art (2008)
Bird Songs (2010)
Cross Culture (2012)
Sound Prints (and Dave Douglas, 2013)
Trio Tapestry (2019)
Garden of Expression (2021)
Our Daily Bread (2023)

v t e Hank Jones
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Urbanity (1947–53) Bluebird (1955) Quartet-Quintet (1955) The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Gigi (1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958) Porgy and Bess (1958) The Talented Touch (1958) Here's Love (1963) This Is Ragtime Now! (1964) Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966) Hanky Panky (1975) Arigato (1976) Jones-Brown-Smith (1976) Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976) Bop Redux (1977) Have You Met This Jones? (1977) I Remember You (1977) Just for Fun (1977) Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978) Compassion (1978) Groovin' High (1978) More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Bluesette (1979) I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979) Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987) The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988) The Oracle (1989) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991) Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994) Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006) Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
With others	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983) Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962) Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972) Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972) Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965) Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58) Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955) Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955) Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955) Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959) Ruth Brown '65 (1964) Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968) For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973) Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957) Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957) 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959) Earl Coleman Returns (1956) Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61) Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962) New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975) Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) Gigi Gryce (1958) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963) The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951) French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963) Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966) Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978) SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959) The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952) I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003) Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004) Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005) Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957) 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962) Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982) Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James Mody, 1963) Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956) The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956) Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979) So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979) Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980) Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978) Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958) The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957) Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967) The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963) Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964) Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977) See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964) Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956) The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959) But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969) The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958) Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)
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