Trio Tapestry

Lovano, Joe
Ecm Records
Jazz | Feb 2019

Reviews

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-02-21
Reviewed: 2018-02-21
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On Lovano’s new disc, his first as a leader for ECM, silence abides. Both as concept and as actuality, silence lays at the heart of this eleven song lattice. Even the spacing between the tracks hangs appended, allowing the music to arise and fall, like thoughts and non-thoughts amid meditation. Track 11 is an exception.
If You Like: Chris Potter, Paul Desmond, Yelena Eckemoff, Thomas Stronen
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ One Time In (3:42) – cymbals, gongs, & bells start slow & quiet> slow jam mellow sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
2/ Seeds Of Change (5:14) - piano starts> slow jam> fade
3/ Razzle Dazzle (3:40) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> fade
*4/ Sparkle Lights (4:07) – sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> fade
**5/ Mystic (8:25) – bass starts> very slow & meditative jam morphs into slow & ominous> fade> pause> sax with rolling tympani & gongs> fade
6/ Piano/Drum Episode (3:40) – piano starts> slow jam> fade
7/ Gong Episode (2:00) – gong & cymbals duet
**8/ Rare Beauty (6:18) – heavy drums start> midtempo stuttering jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam slows to slow tempo with bursts of sax> slow fade
*9/ Spirit Lake (3:49) – drums start quiet> midtempo jam with soaring sax> piano solo swings into uptempo jam> quick fade
10/ Tarrassa (4:16) – piano starts> wandering midtempo jam> sax solo slows into slow jam> fade
*11/ The Smiling Dog (2:56) – piano hits heavy chords to start> off-kilter midtempo jam like Monk & Dolphy jamming> quick stop

 
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-02-21
Reviewed: 2018-02-21
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On Lovano’s new disc, his first as a leader for ECM, silence abides. Both as concept and as actuality, silence lays at the heart of this eleven song lattice. Even the spacing between the tracks hangs appended, allowing the music to arise and fall, like thoughts and non-thoughts amid meditation. Track 11 is an exception.
If You Like: Chris Potter, Paul Desmond, Yelena Eckemoff, Thomas Stronen
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ One Time In (3:42) – cymbals, gongs, & bells start slow & quiet> slow jam mellow sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
2/ Seeds Of Change (5:14) - piano starts> slow jam> fade
3/ Razzle Dazzle (3:40) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> fade
*4/ Sparkle Lights (4:07) – sax starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> fade
**5/ Mystic (8:25) – bass starts> very slow & meditative jam morphs into slow & ominous> fade> pause> sax with rolling tympani & gongs> fade
6/ Piano/Drum Episode (3:40) – piano starts> slow jam> fade
7/ Gong Episode (2:00) – gong & cymbals duet
**8/ Rare Beauty (6:18) – heavy drums start> midtempo stuttering jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam slows to slow tempo with bursts of sax> slow fade
*9/ Spirit Lake (3:49) – drums start quiet> midtempo jam with soaring sax> piano solo swings into uptempo jam> quick fade
10/ Tarrassa (4:16) – piano starts> wandering midtempo jam> sax solo slows into slow jam> fade
*11/ The Smiling Dog (2:56) – piano hits heavy chords to start> off-kilter midtempo jam like Monk & Dolphy jamming> quick stop

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Charting

2019-03-01 — 2019-05-03 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 21 2
Apr 7 1
Mar 31 1
Mar 17 1
Mar 10 1

Track listing

1. One Time
2. Seeds Of Change
3. Razzle Dazzle
4. Sparkle Lights
5. Mystic
6. Piano/Drum Episode
7. Gong Episode
8. Rare Beuty
9. Spirit Lake
10. Tarrassa
11. Smiling Dog