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Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread
ByImagine Trio Tapestry's third deep listening, deeply rewarding ECM release as a house of worship at sunrise. Marilyn Crispell's hushed, open notes beckon "All Twelve" welcome. All twelve notes, apostles, tribes, Adityas. Twelve the number of harmony and balance. Carmen Castaldi's whispering cymbals soon inspire Lovano, His tone ancient, yearning, prayerful.
True seekers by nature, the trio (three as a sacred number) build upon the opening premise and create, within Lovano's introspective pronouncements, a space where quiet is the reward. A gong rings and "Grace Notes," a triumph of Crispell's advanced lyricism, brings the repentant and the unruly together to partake of cascading grace. Castaldi, shifting tempo as the spirit guides him, builds subtle narratives for piano and tenor to ruminate in and exalt.
To take nothing away from the trio's previous singular ECM releasesTrio Tapestry (2018) and Garden of Expression (2020) Our Daily Bread's keynote track may be the trio's definitive performance to date. Unhurried by time and place, Crispell again heralds in a new tomorrow to which Lovano responds with a grateful, consummate beauty. An ease of spirit and insight captured at the moment of fruition.
Invested with meaning and pure emotion, "One for Charlie" serves not only as a solemn paean to the memory of bassist Charlie Haden but also as a celebration of the music they made and the journey they took together. (Lovano's ambitious Universal Language (Blue Note, 1993), Paul Motian's still classic On Broadway Volume 1 (JMT, 1989)). The resonant "Rhythm Spirit" and "Crystal Ball" summon the close of Our Daily Bread with the sound of forgiveness and release.
Track Listing
All Twelve; Grace Notes; Le Petit Opportune; Our Daily Bread; One For Charlie; The Power Of Three; Rhythm Spirit; Crystal Ball.
Personnel
Additional Instrumentation
Joe Lovano: tarogato, gongs; Carmen Castaldi: gong, temple bells.
Album information
Title: Our Daily Bread | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: ECM Records
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