Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry W/ Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi at The Falcon

Now, after more than four jazz-star decades that have seen the "Tenor Titan" considered one of Sonny Rollins’ heirs (and a collaborator with originals from Bill Frisell and Elvin Jones to Esperanza Spalding), Lovano’s Trio Tapestry explores delicate distillations of the musical resources that all three members have often individually set loose with warp-speed intensity. - The Guardian

Whereas Sun Ra was fond of saying, “Space is the place,” for the members of Trio Tapestry a more appropriate mantra might be, “Space is the thing.”

Garden Of Expression, the trio’s sophomore effort....the audio itself revels in spaciousness, thanks to the reverberant acoustics of the Auditorio Stella Molo RSI in Lugano, Switzerland, where even whispered notes are unexpectedly resonant. - Downbeat...

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Now, after more than four jazz-star decades that have seen the "Tenor Titan" considered one of Sonny Rollins’ heirs (and a collaborator with originals from Bill Frisell and Elvin Jones to Esperanza Spalding), Lovano’s Trio Tapestry explores delicate distillations of the musical resources that all three members have often individually set loose with warp-speed intensity. - The Guardian

Whereas Sun Ra was fond of saying, “Space is the place,” for the members of Trio Tapestry a more appropriate mantra might be, “Space is the thing.”

Garden Of Expression, the trio’s sophomore effort....the audio itself revels in spaciousness, thanks to the reverberant acoustics of the Auditorio Stella Molo RSI in Lugano, Switzerland, where even whispered notes are unexpectedly resonant. - Downbeat

The great saxophonist Joe Lovano has appeared on a number of ECM recordings over the last four decades, including much-loved albums with Paul Motian, Steve Kuhn and John Abercrombie. Trio Tapestry is his first as a leader for the label, introducing a wonderful new group and music of flowing lyricism, delicate texture, and inspired interplay.

Lovano and pianist Marilyn Crispell are in accord at an advanced level inside its structures. ‘Marilyn has such a beautiful sound and touch and vocabulary,’ Joe enthuses. Drummer Carmen Castaldi, a Lovano associate of long-standing, also responds to the trio environment with sensitivity, subtly embellishing and detailing the pieces.

Lovano: ‘We play together like an orchestra, creating an amazing tapestry. I brought in the material, but there’s an equal weight of contribution, creating music within the music, and harmonizing it in a really special way.’ Trio Tapestry was recorded at New York’s Sear Sound studio in March 2018, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

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