On This Day

Joe Lovano | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00009V3OJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. At the Vanguard

2. Focus

3. After the Rain

4. Good Bait

5. Laura

6. On This Day (Just Like Any Other)

7. My Little Brown Book

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, Bad Sound, July 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: On This Day (Audio CD)

While the music on this live CD can't be faulted (Lovano is incapable of playing a boring note), the sound is just terrible. It's extremely muddy, so much so I wondered if there was something wrong with my stereo when I put it on for the first time. I don't know why Blue Note would release such a terribly recorded CD, especially since, God knows, there have been enough stellar live recordings from the Village Vanguard, including if not especially Lovano's superlative 1994 "Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful sound!!!!, June 24, 2005

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Ahamefule J. Oluo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On This Day (Audio CD)

I know that I am in the minority but I think this is a beautiful sounding album. There is definitely a place for the "I can hear each and every breath" pristine ECM style recording process but that is not what you actually hear when you see a group live. It sounds to me like the engineer(s) were trying to capture this moment as it actually was, unfiltered and unfooled around with. It is just my opinion but I feel they succeeded masterfully and I wish more records were recorded in this manner.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music despite sub-par recording quality, September 14, 2003

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M. Perini - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On This Day (Audio CD)

Joe Lovano's latest cd, recorded live at the Village Vanguard has been receiving a lot of press, some of which has to do with the recording quality. Well, let me say that the music on this disc is 5 stars all the way. Great songs, arrangements, and solos. Joe's nonet is a superb band, and if you like Joe Lovano, or "little big bands", get this cd.

The sonic quality is not great, yet it is not horrible either. I'd say its different. It sounds a bit like some bootlegs that are recorded in the audience, but only a bit. The sound quality is not as good as most recordings from the Vanguard, includings Joe's previous recordings there. But if you are a fan of Joe Lovano and small big band recordings, I'm pretty sure you will like this cd, and will consider it money well spent.