Our Daily Bread (album)

Our Daily Bread
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 2023 (2023-05-05)
RecordedMay 2022
StudioAuditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano
GenreJazz
Length40:47
LabelECM Records
ProducerManfred Eicher
Joe Lovano chronology
Garden of Expression
(2021)
Our Daily Bread
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]
Allmusic[2]
Financial Times[3]
Jazzwise[4]
The Sydney Morning Herald[5]
Tom HullB+[6]

Our Daily Bread is a studio album by the American band Trio Tapestry led by Joe Lovano.[7][8] The album was released by ECM on 5 May 2023 to favorable critical reviews.[9] This is the band's third release.[10] The album contains eight original tracks written by Lovano.[11]

Description

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Mike Hobart of Financial Times noted, "The ECM label’s emphasis on melody, shifting textures and gently unfolding moods occasionally slips into pleasant background noise. Although rhythms remain subdued on Our Daily Bread, having saxophonist Joe Lovano as lead voice means that emotions are made of sterner stuff. Add in thoughtful compositions and the subtle interplay of his established working band Trio Tapestry and this all-original set engages throughout."[3]

Mike Jurkovic of All About Jazz wrote, "Rising from a serene inner place, the music takes shape like prayer. That it is prayer that lies at the beating heart of all eight spacious spirituals that comprise Our Daily Bread, should come as no surprise."[1] John Shand of The Sydney Morning Herald added, "Lovano is at his peak here. There’s no trace of the opaqueness or virtuosic glibness that could occasionally dilute his never-in-doubt mastery or creativity... This is an album to be treasured."[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Joe Lovano

No.TitleLength
1."All Twelve"4:36
2."Grace Notes"8:42
3."Le Petit Opportun"3:44
4."Our Daily Bread"6:34
5."One For Charlie"2:31
6."The Power of Three"4:41
7."Rhythm Spirit"5:50
8."Crystal Ball"4:09
Total length:40:47

Personnel

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Band

Production

References

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  1. ^ a b Jurkovic, Mike (18 May 2023). "Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ Collar, Matt. "Marilyn Crispell, Joe Lovano - Our Daily Bread Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Hobart, Mike (9 June 2023). "Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread album review — contemplative and spiritual". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ Fordham, John. "Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread". Jazzwise. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b Shand, John (7 July 2023). "Riveting improvisations from one of our best composers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ^ Feeney, Steve (14 September 2023). "Jazz Album Reviews: Two Trios That Venture Far and Away - The Arts Fuse". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Our Daily Bread". ECM Records. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  9. ^ Hobart, Mike (9 June 2023). "Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread album review — contemplative and spiritual". Financial Times.
  10. ^ Tucker, Michael (19 June 2023). "Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  11. ^ "'Our Daily Bread' Trio Tapastry". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.