Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone/tarogato/gongs), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Carmen Castaldi (drums/percussion)
Lovano’s dialogue with Crispell’s piano on ‘Seeds of Change’ eerily invoke Bobby Wellins’ and Stan Tracey’s ‘Starless and Bible Black’ for this listener, the brief unison melodies in ‘Razzle...
Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone/tarogato/gongs), Marilyn Crispell (piano), Carmen Castaldi (drums/percussion)
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Lovano’s dialogue with Crispell’s piano on ‘Seeds of Change’ eerily invoke Bobby Wellins’ and Stan Tracey’s ‘Starless and Bible Black’ for this listener, the brief unison melodies in ‘Razzle...
About
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. It introduces 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, released on CD and on 180g vinyl with a free download code, was recorded at New York’s Sear Sound studio in March 2018, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Contents and tracklist
One Time In
Seeds Of Change
Razzle Dazzle
Sparkle Lights
Mystic
Piano/Drum Episode
Gong Episode
Rare Beauty
Spirit Lake
Tarrassa
The Smiling Dog
Awards and reviews
March 2019
Lovano’s dialogue with Crispell’s piano on ‘Seeds of Change’ eerily invoke Bobby Wellins’ and Stan Tracey’s ‘Starless and Bible Black’ for this listener, the brief unison melodies in ‘Razzle Dazzle’ and ‘Sparkle Lights’ invite quietly scintillating piano/sax conversations, and Lovano on the Hungarian tarogato dreamily and then urgently reacts to Castaldi’s intensifying snaps and clangs on ‘Mystic’. There are almost motionless reveries for Crispell and Castaldi, a ghostly, tone-bending passage for solo gongs, and a headlong free-jazz charge for a finale. Free-improv-meets-serialism it may be, but these three constantly unveil their diverse but devoted jazz roots.
