CD: Our Daily Bread

The third album from Joe Lovano's trio Tapestry shows the group continuing to expand their expansive and lyrical approach with deep listening and intense focus. "Our Daily Bread is driven by the rhythmic spirit of expression, projecting the mysterious world of music that lies before us," Lovano says in his accompanying text, and these elegantly flowing pieces and free-floating ballads do indeed feel like songs of the soul.
"The intensity comes not from the ferocity, but from the depth of feeling," wrote BBC Music Magazine of the group's debut. "Lovano's themes and harmonies offer a rich potential that the trio exploits beautifully, exploring textures and moods as fruitfully as they develop melodies and harmonies."