Village Rhythm
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{{Infobox album
| name = Village Rhythm
| type = Album
| artist = Joe Lovano
| cover = Village Rhythm.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = June 7–9, 1988
| venue =
| studio = Sound Ideas, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 56:38
| label = Soul Note
| producer = Giovanni Bonandrini
| chronology = Joe Lovano
| prev_title = Solid Steps
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Worlds
| next_year = 1989
}}
Village Rhythm is a studio album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano recorded in 1988 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography] accessed July 20, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "By 1988, it was becoming increasingly obvious that tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano was on his way to becoming a major name in the jazz world... Lovano is heard throughout in his early prime, playing inventive and generally concise improvisations that were beginning to become distinctive".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/village-rhythm-r142921 AllMusic Review] accessed July 20, 2011
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Larkin|first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo05lark/page/3334/mode/2up|accessdate=25 March 2021 |page=3334|language=en}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=910}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Joe Lovano except as indicated
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| title1 = Village Rhythm
| length1 = 6:22
| title2 = Birds of Springtime Gone By
| length2 = 5:54
| title3 = Dewey Said
| length3 = 6:16
| title4 = Chelsea Rendez-Vous
| length4 = 5:36
| title5 = Variations of a Theme
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = His Dreams
| length6 = 6:51
| title7 = T'Was to Me Part 1: Celebration of Life Everlasting
| length7 = 2:46
| title8 = T'Was to Me Part II: Theme
| length8 = 2:21
| title9 = Sleepy Giant
| length9 = 5:56
| title10 = Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
| note10 = Charles Mingus
| length10 = 4:51
| title11 = Spirit of the Night
| length11 = 6:31
}}
:*Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios in New York City on June 7, 8 & 9, 1988
Personnel
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Tom Harrell – trumpet
- Kenny Werner – piano
- Marc Johnson – bass
- Paul Motian – drums
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.joelovano.com}}
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