Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi – Trio Tapestry 2019: Video, CD cover, Tour

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.

Joe Lovano, saxophone
Marilyn Crispell, piano
Carmen Castaldi, drums 

Jan 27 / Buffalo, NY / Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Trio Tapestry (Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi)

Feb 09 / Boulogne-Billancourt, FR / La Seine Musicale / Tribute to Michel Petrucciani

Feb 16 / St. Catharines, ON / Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival / Singin’ and Swingin’: A Jazz Summit

Feb 19-23 / New York, NY / Birdland / The Saxophone Summit (Dave Liebman, Greg Osby)

Mar 01 / Tucson, AZ / Crowder Hall – University of Arizona / w/ UA Studio Jazz Ensemble

Mar 08 / Aliso Veijo, CA / Soka Performing Arts Center – Soka University / Nonet

Mar 11 / Santa Cruz, CA / Kuumbwa Jazz Center / Trio Tapestry

Mar 12 / Albuquerque, NM / Outpost Performance Space / Trio Tapestry

Mar 14 / San Francisco, CA / SFJAZZ Center – Miner Auditorium / Nonet

Mar 15 / San Francisco, CA / SFJAZZ Center – Miner Auditorium / Trio Fascination (Bill Frissel, Tyshawn Sorey) + Trio Tapestry

Mar 16 / San Francisco, CA / SFJAZZ Center – Miner Auditorium / w/ Chucho Valdés

Mar 17 / San Francisco, CA / SFJAZZ Center – Miner Auditorium / Tenor Summit (Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane)

Mar 22 / Tours, FR / Le petit faucheux / w/ Baptiste Trotignon Trio

Mar 23 / Bordeaux, FR / Opéra National de Bordeaux / w/ Baptiste Trotignon Trio

Apr 10 / Princeton, NJ / McCarter Theatre / Spring Quartet (Jack DeJohnette, Esperanza Spalding, Leo Genovese)

Apr 13 / Austin, TX / Bates Recital Hall / w/ University of Texas Jazz Orchestra

Apr 14 / Boston, MA / Berklee Performance Center / Spring Quartet

Apr 15 / Ithaca, NY / Bailey Hall / Spring Quartet

Apr 17 / Oberlin, OH / Finney Chapel / Spring Quartet

Apr 24 / San Francisco, CA / Miner Auditorium / Spring Quartet

Apr 26 / Seattle, WA / The Moore Theatre / Spring Quartet

Apr 27 / Hollywood, CA / Ford Theatre / Spring Quartet

Apr 28 / Boulder, CO / Boulder Theater / Spring Quartet

May 01 / Chicago, IL / City Winery / Spring Quartet

May 03 / Detroit, MI / Detroit Orchestra Hall / Spring Quartet

May 04 / Kalamazoo, MI / Dalton Center Recital Hall / Spring Quartet

May 09 / Stockholm, SE / Fasching / Trio Tapestry

May 11 / Oslo, NO / Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene / Trio Tapestry

May 13 / Vienna, AT / Porgy & Bess / Trio Tapestry

May 15 / Berlin, DE / Pierre Boulez Saal / Trio Tapestry

May 16 / Prague, CZ / Jazz Dock / Trio Tapestry

May 17 / Munich, DE / Jazzclub Unterfahrt / Trio Tapestry

May 18 / Bonn, DE / Jazzfest Bonn / Trio Tapestry