Joe Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952, and began playing alto saxophone as a child. His father, tenor saxophonist Tony ""Big T"" Lovano, schooled young Joe in jazz dynamics and interpretation, and regularly exposed him to the live performances of international jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Ammons, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. In this special set of solo performances, Lovano uses a variety of horns and gongs to wind his way through several of his own compositions, some standards and some pure improvisations.
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The Wayman Tisdale Story is a feature length documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Wayman Tisdale, a three-time All-American, Gold Medal Olympian, former NBA star and world renowned Jazz musician who lost his two-year battle with bone cancer in May of 2009. Embodying his life s approach of compassion, courage, and optimism, The Wayman Tisdale Story offers a detailed account of the life of former basketball star and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale. Told through his own words, The Wayman Tisdale Story journeys through Tisdale's life from this childhood as a preacher's son to his battle
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A special DVD released in celebration of Archie Shepp's 70th birthday in May 2007, Je suis jazz - c'est ma vie is a documentary by Frank Cassenti filmed in 1983. It features a Paris concert by Archie Shepp with Siegfried Kessler (piano), Wilbur Little (bass), Don Mumford, Cliford Jarvis (drums) and Cheikh Tidiane Fall (percussion). Also featured are special clips from the Porquerolles Jazz festival with Siegfried Kessler, Diego Imbert, Michel Benita, Aldo Romano, Mino Cinelu and Stéphane Guery, plus excerpts from the film 'Porquerolles, Island of Jazz' by Frank Cassenti. This digipak DVD also includes a superb 20-page booklet of Guy Le Querrec's photographs of Shepp and commentary by the great man himself. amazon.com
