On April 25, 2000, “Blue Note” label released “52nd Street Themes”, the seventeen Joe Lovano album. It was recorded in November 1999, at “Avatar Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Joe Lovano. The album won the “Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.”

Personnel:

• Joe Lovano– tenor saxophone
• Steve Slagle– alto saxophone
• George Garzone– tenor saxophone
• Ralph Lalama – tenor saxophone
• Gary Smulyan– baritone saxophone
• Tim Hagans– trumpet
• Conrad Herwig– trombone
• John Hicks– piano
• Dennis Irwin– bass
• Lewis Nash– drums
• Willie Smith – orchestration
• James Farber – engineer
• Aya Takemura – engineer assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Cyclone – illustration
• Jimmy Katz – photography
• Michael Cuscuna – liner notes

Track listing:

1. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
2. On a Misty Night – Tadd Dameron
3. Slippin’ at Bells – Miles Davis
4. Passion Flower – Billy Strayhorn
5. Deal – Willie “Face” Smith
6. The Scene Is Clean – Tadd Dameron
7. Whatever Possess’d Me – Tadd Dameron
8. Charlie Chan – Joe Lovano
9. Theme for Ernie – Fred Laacey
10. Tadd’s Delight – Tadd Dameron
11. Abstractions on 52^nd Street – Joe Lovano
12. 52^nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk
13. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin