Joe Lovano Nonet: Birth of the Cool & More - live at German Jazzfestival Frankfurt 2009

Photo Credit: Jimmy Katz

Joe Lovano, ts, alto-cl, aulochrome
Steve Slagle, as, ss, fl
Ralph Lalama, ts, cl
Gary Smulyan, bs, bcl
Barry Ries, tp
Larry Farrell, tb
James Weidman, p
Cameron Brown, b
Lewis Nash, dr

recorded live at 40th German Jazzfestival, HR Sendesaal, 

Frankfurt am Main/Germany, October 29, 2009

1. Streams of Expressions
2. Streams of Expressions: Cool (Pt.II)
3. Prelude/ Moon Dreams
4. Move

Streams of Expression, Lovano's 18th album for Blue Note Records, unites disparate themes from his own discography, not to mention jazz history as a whole.
Streams of Expression reunites Lovano with the great composer, conductor, and musicologist Gunther Schuller (their first collaboration was Rush Hour, Blue Note, 1995), and draws upon everything from the cool school to late-era Coltrane, offering a holistic take on jazz, present and future. The album is comprised of two extended, multipart pieces (Streams of Expression Suite, Birth of the Cool Suite) and three stand-alone tunes (Blue Sketches, Buckeyes, Big Ben) and features an augmented incarnation of Lovano's nonet from the albums 52nd Street Themes (2000) and On this Day . . . At the Vanguard (2003). Three of the tracks showcase Lovano in a trio setting, recalling his Trio Fascination series, regarded as a contemporary classic.