Flights of Fancy

Joe Lovano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000059QY8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smoking Joe blows his ax, April 25, 2001

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Tim Jeter (Roanoke, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flights of Fancy (Audio CD)

Joe Lovano doesnt put out any junk. This is a straight ahead jazz CD with good contributions from the collaborating musicians. I dont, like the reviewer below, find any of the tracks to be weak. It is for people who dont like commercial sounding jazz. If you like Kenny G stay away. If you like music that carries on the expressive traditions of Miles and Trane this may be your cup of tea.

3.0 out of 5 stars Fancy flights, May 10, 2009

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flights of Fancy (Audio CD)

Diversifying things by employing three distinct units, Lovano's second trio treatment can be a little more interestingly vibrant this time around, but with too much downtime focused on pretentious duetting, evens out again to only a fairly good release.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misstep, August 14, 2001

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George Grella "Urbane citizen" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flights of Fancy (Audio CD)

No question that Lovano is a major contemporary figure, he's earned that through a series of marvelous records. This is a major disappointment though, nothing at all like the superb Trio Fascination Vol. 1. The problem lies in the conception - the various ensembles deny the CD any focus whatsoever, the number of tracks with each group means that there is no room [time] for a good exploration of the best parts, and the personnel choices are not ideal. One would expect Lovano and Dave Douglas to combust, but they play past each other, Billy Drewes is as thin-sounding and meaningless as usual, and Joe himself plays drums on several tracks, in order to provide the proper instrumentation within the guidelines of a trio, and Joe is simply not good at it. Skip it, especially if you're a fan.