Folk Art (album)
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| Studio album by Joe Lovano Us Five | ||||
| Released | 2009 | |||
| Recorded | November 18–19, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Joe Lovano | |||
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| Metacritic | 84/100 |
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| Allmusic |   |
Folk Art is the twenty-first studio album by American saxophonist Joe Lovano, released on Blue Note Records in 2009. The album was well-received by critics, scoring 84% on six reviews in Metacritic which means "universal acclaim".
For the recording of Folk Art Lovano formed a new band he called Us Five, featuring rising star Esperanza Spalding on bass and pianist James Weidman, who accompanied vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson, and (like Wilson) was associated with the M-Base collective. With Francisco Mela and Otis Brown III two drummers completed the unusual quintet. It was the first album with compositions exclusively written by Lovano. With the liberated spirit of the 1960s avant-garde and the subsequent loft scene in mind, the interpretations ought to be "loose and joyous".
All tracks written by Joe Lovano.
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