Our Daily Bread (2023)

"With each of his Trio Tapestry albums, it feels like saxophonist Joe Lovano is trying to strip his playing and the group's sound down to its most essential elements. On their third album, he takes this approach even further, turning each song into what feels like a prayer. Once again joined by pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi, Lovano doesn't so much improvise with his bandmates as commune with them, crafting songs that have the atmosphere of a dark room meditation and other times the quiet warmth of a friendly front porch conversation. Of the meditative variety there is "Grace Notes," which opens with the abrupt shimmer of a gong and a full minute of silence before Crispell's low piano rumble shepherds the trio back to life. The song features Lovano on the tárogató, an Eastern European instrument whose reedy sound (a combination between a clarinet and a soprano sax) blends with Crispell's Asian-influenced harmonies like a singer whispering through fog." (Allmusic; 4 uit 5 sterren)