It’s impressive how Joe Lovano has adapted to the sound of ECM Records in his tenure on the label. His Tapestry Trio with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer/gonger Carmen Castaldi has created a haunting mix of sounds that sounds like a piece of the label’s musical mosaic.
Lovano’s tone through the years has morphed into that of Ben Webster, like a fog rolling into the San Francisco Bay, gloriously melancholic on “All Twelve” and elliptical in the shadows with Crispell on “Crystal Ball”. The three create a nocturne of fragility on”The Power Of Three” and the delicate title tune, while Lovano’s tarragon teams with the haunting gong for a rubato of “Grace Notes”. Lovano hovers like a nimbus cloud on his solo of “One For Charlie”, while a duet with Castaldi is meditative for “Rhythm Spirit” and fluffy on the floating “Le Petit Opportun”. Liturgical lyricism.