Jazz Articles about Shawn Lovato

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Radio & Podcasts

Shawn Lovato, Vijay Iyer, and Charles Chen

by Jerome Wilson
August 19, 2026

This program features recent music by Shawn Lovato, Jun Iida and Charles Chen along with older work by Lee Konitz, Vijay Iyer and Lena Seikaly.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Simon Belelty “Lady Luck" from Pee Wee (Jojo) 1:00 Charles Chen “You Send Me" from The Long Way Home (Cellar Music) 7:59 Host Speaks 12:16 Sam Barsh/Keyon Harrold/Mark Guiliana ...

Album Review

Shawn Lovato: Biotic

Read "Biotic" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 10, 2026

Shawn Lovato si aggiunge alla nutrita schiera di contrabbassisti, compositori e leader di formazioni, che da anni sono diventati una presenza costante nel mondo variegato del jazz e musiche affini (Linda May Han Oh, Esperanza Spalding, Billy Mohler, Avishai Cohen per citarne alcuni). Frequentatore della scena newyorkese più creativa e vivace, da questa Lovato ha assorbito stimoli e provocazioni come ben evidente in Cycles of Animation ( Skirl,2017) e Microcosms (ears&eyes,2022), i due album precedentemente pubblicati da leader.

Radio & Podcasts

Peter Erskine, Walter Smith III, Shawn Lovato, Jed Levy-Phil Robson Quartet

by Cheryl K.
April 13, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, choice cuts from new releases from saxophonists John Sweenie, Ben Flocks, Brian Landrus, and Walter Smith III; drummer Peter Erskine; two selections from saxophonist and flautist Carl Clements; bassist/composer Shawn Lovato; and the Jed Levy-Phil Robson Quartet. Playlist Regina Carter “Love Theme from Spartacus“ from Motor City Moments (Verve ) 6:24 Dave Wilson Quartet “These Days" from When Even Goes East (Dave Wilson Music) 6:57 John Sweenie “Through ...

Album Review

Shawn Lovato: Biotic

by Troy Dostert
March 26, 2026

On his two previous releases, bassist Shawn Lovato revealed an inventive compositional approach that made excellent use of his ensembles. His debut, Cycles of Animation (Skirl Records, 2017), harnessed a formidable quintet while his sophomore effort, Microcosms, was more ambitious still, channeling his creative vision through a sextet format (ears&eyes Records, 2022). For Biotic, in contrast, Lovato is going small, with just a trio--although the sound is anything but diminutive, particularly with the tensile strength of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock in ...

Album Review

Shawn Lovato: Microcosms

Read "Microcosms" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
September 9, 2022

Bassist Shawn Lovato's debut album, Cycles of Animation (Skirl, 2017), possessed a conceptual sophistication that went far beyond an imaginative slice of creative jazz. The same is evident on Microcosms, an album that involves giving his terrific ensemble the chance to develop minute gestures into larger, more determinate shapes. The constant ebb and flow that results is compelling, with a sense of order that periodically takes hold amidst the individual members' freedom to find their own pathways to a common ...

Album Review

Stephen Gauci / Santiago Leibson / Shawn Lovato / Colin Hinton: Live at Scholes Street Studio

Read "Live at Scholes Street Studio" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
January 7, 2021

When tenor saxophonist Stephen Gauci was offered a set at Brooklyn's Scholes Street Studio performance space in December 2019 he leapt at the chance. At short notice he pulled together three former duet partners in the classic jazz quartet formation, though they had never previously performed as a single unit. So this is both the group's first recording and its first appearance. Safe to say, it probably won't be the last. Argentinian pianist Santiago Leibson gives the ...

Album Review

Colin Hinton: Simulacra

Read "Simulacra" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
November 13, 2020

It would have been a shame if drummer and composer Colin Hinton's Simulacra, released in 2019, fell through the cracks. On this, his second leadership outing in the wake of Glassbath (Snake And Cornelia, 2018), he captains a crew of current and former Brooklyn-based talent in a mysterious but satisfying set. Hinton merges compositional elements with unfurling interplay which sounds guided in its cohesion, but without any evidence of the joins. As a result the six cuts evolve naturally, but ...