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Indeed.

I don't think it's appropriate for a moderator (let alone a super moderator) to accuse a board member of trolling because he expresses an unpopular opinion. Are we to stop sharing thoughts that "won't get many posts in agreement"? As my uncle Ben said, "with great power comes great responsibility".

He can play and he's alive. Gives him an advantage right there!

I've seen him a fair number of times live: with John Scofield, with Paul Motion and Bill Frisell at the Village Vanguard, with Tyshawn Sorey and with Dewey Redman. He is worth seeing. Not my favorite saxophonist but accomplished and capable of a worthy performance.

I generally shy away from these threads but in the interest of discussion, let's play... There are a lot of players out there that I don't appreciate at all. Do I start a thread specifically to say this? Absolutely not. To me, this comes across as trolling the board. Maybe that's not what is happening here, as mrjazzman has posted that they do like some Jazz players, but it does seem that way with this one as I doubt they'll get many posts in agreement with their premise. I enjoy Joe Lovano's playing. I've seen him in a wide variety of settings, from a trio to a big band, playing everything from bop to free and I've only ever left underwhelmed a couple of times. Granted those couple of times were the last two times I saw him, which means mrjazzman may have just witnessed a similar performance. The last two times I saw Joe was with Dave Douglas playing as "Sound Prints". I just thought Joe was just off his game. Maybe sedate is a better word? I've also seen Joe with his nonet touring in support of his Blue Note recording "52nd Street Themes", with his "out" quartet that toured after "Quartets - Live at the Village Vanguard" and with the trio of himself, Dave Holland & Elvin Jones that played in support of "Trio Fascination". Every one of these shows was excellent stuff. Joe can play, that's for sure. We'll have to disagree on this one.