Joe Lovano: Bird Songs

ALBUM LAUNCH AT NEW YORK’S VILLAGE VANGUARD JAN. 11-16

Bird Songs

On January 11, 2011, Joe Lovano Us Five will release Bird Songs, an exploration of the Charlie Parker songbook and the Grammy-winning saxophonist’s 22nd album for EMI’s Blue Note Records (the release of which will mark his 20th year on the label). Lovano will launch the album with a week-long engagement at the Village Vanguard in New York City (January 11-16), and an NPR Live At The Village Vangaurd session that will be webcast on the NPR Music website and broadcast on WBGO at 9:00pm ET on January 12. See below for a list of Lovano’s 2011 tour dates.

Bird Songs Tracklisting:
1. Passport
2. Donna Lee
3. Barbados
4. Moose The Mooche
5. Love Man
6. Birdyard
7. Ko Ko
8. Blues Collage
9. Dexterity
10. Dewey Square
11. Yardbird Suite

Tour Dates:
Jan. 11-16 – Village Vanguard – New York, NY (Us Five)
Jan. 22 – Science Center Theater – Blue Bell, PA (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 27 – Schwab Auditorium – Park, PA (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 28 – Music Center at Strathmore – North Bethesda, MD (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 29 – Grand Opera House – Wilmington, DE (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Jan. 30 – Swyer Theater – Albany, NY (John Scofield-Joe Lovano Quartet)
Feb. 18-19 – Tanna Shulich Hall – Montreal, Quebec (solo)
Feb. 22 – Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – New York, NY (Playing Our Parts Benefit)
Mar. 4 – Impart Arts Center – Wroclaw, Poland (Us Five)
Mar. 11 – Blue Note – Milan, Italy (Us Five)
Mar. 12 – Sala Concerti Del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi – Torino, Italy (Us Five)
Mar. 13 – Club Kiff – Aarau, Switzerland (Us Five)
Mar. 14 – Moods – Zurich, Switzerland Moods (Us Five)
Mar. 24 – Wackerhalle – Burghausen, Germany (Us Five)
Mar. 25 – Ronnie Scott’s – London, UK (Us Five)
Apr. 2 – Folly Theater – Kansas City, MO (Us Five)
Apr. 4-5 – Dakota Jazz Club – Minneapolis, MN (Us Five)
Apr. 7-10 – Jazz Showcase – Chicago, IL (Us Five)
Apr. 21-22 – Rialto Theater – Atlanta, GA (solo)
Apr. 28-May 1 – Jazz Alley – Seattle, WA (Us Five)
May 2 – Kuumbwa Jazz Center – Santa Cruz, CA (Us Five)
May 3 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA (Us Five)
May 5 – Tribeca Performing Arts Center – New York, NY
May 20 – Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia, PA

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