From the Soul is a 1992 jazz

Jazz

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 album

Album

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 by saxophonist

Saxophone

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 and composer

Composer

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 Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano

Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...

, generally regarded as being his masterpiece so far. It was recorded with a studio band rather than Lovano's working group; it is notable for his only encounter with Michel Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...

 (who plays in a more abstract, Paul Bley

Paul Bley

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ish style than was usual with him), and for being one of Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....

's final recordings.

Track listing

1. "Evolution" (Lovano) –8:59
2. "Portrait of Jenny" (Burdge, Robinson) –7:56
3. "Lines and Spaces" (Lovano) –6:20
4. "Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) –7:27
5. "Modern Man" (Lovano) –5:23
6. "Fort Worth" (Lovano) –6:29
7. "Central Park West" (Coltrane) –6:00
8. "Work" (Monk) –5:44
9. "Left Behind" (Silverman) –3:13
10. "His Dreams" (Lovano) –5:45

(Recorded 28 December 1991 at Skyline Studios, New York City

New York City

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.)

Personnel

• Joe Lovano
  Joe Lovano
  Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
  
   — tenor
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
  , alto
  Alto saxophone
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  , & soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
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• Michel Petrucciani
  Michel Petrucciani
  Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
  
   — piano
  Piano
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• Dave Holland
  Dave Holland
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   — bass
  Double bass
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• Ed Blackwell
  Ed Blackwell
  Ed Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
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