# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-lovano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:22.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-lovano"
name: "Joe Lovano"
slug: "joe-lovano"
description: "Joseph Salvatore Lovano is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Though best known as a tenor saxophonist, Lovano has also recorded on alto clarinet, flute and drums, amongst other instruments. He has earned a Grammy Award and several mentions in Down Beat magazine's critics' & readers' polls. His wife is singer Judi Silvano, with whom he records and performs. Lovano was a longtime member of the late drummer Paul Motian‘s trio alongside guitarist Bill Frisell."
tagline: "American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Lovano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             1.856978085351788
  historical:           18.511024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "joelovano"
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    handle:    "joelovano"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0522235"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Lovano"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1155188"
    title: "Joe Lovano"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump