25 years ago, I saw Lovano in a 2 hour concert (on tenor only) with just Dennis Irwin on bass and Willie Jones III on drums. Joe was just smoking hot that night and honestly, it is one of the best and most memorable jazz concerts I've ever attended, I spoke to him after the concert and he was very friendly and helpful.
I'm not a big fan of his many of his recordings (there's a few I like). But for some reason his sound on record isn't that good.