Joe Lovano “Trio Tapestry” featuring Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi

Grammy winner, composer, producer and, according to some, one of the most important saxophonists of today, Joe Lovano returns to Prague together with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi with the Trio Tapestry project. As an important representative of modern jazz, Lovano continues the legacy of great musicians of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane, but at the same time contributes to it with a very unique perspective on saxophone playing, improvisation, composition and overall concept of the jazz genre in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

After completing his studies at Berklee College of Music, Joe began collaborating with Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith and also played in Woody Herman's orchestra for three years before moving to New York. He started working with drummer Mel Lewis in New York. During his career, he collaborated with many other leading musicians, including Hank Jones, Paul Motian, John Zorn, George Mraz, Charlie Haden, McCoy Tyner and John Scofield. His wife is jazz singer Judi Silvano.

Marilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as“a strong player who has her own way of using space. She is at the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote: "Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like watching an active volcano. She is one of the few female pianists who can deal with the challenges of free jazz." In addition to her own extensive work as a soloist or bandleader, she is also known as a long-time member of saxophonist Anthony Braxton's quartet in the 1980s and 1990s. She was a member of the Reggie Workman Ensemble for ten years. She has worked with Barry Guy's New Orchestra and has performed with his London Jazz Composers Orchestra, the Tiszigi Munoz Ensemble and the Quartet Noir (with Urs Leimgruber, Fritz Hauser and Joelle Leandre).She has toured and recorded with Anders Jormin's Bort Quintet Jungle by trumpeter and composer Gunhild Seim.

Carmen Castaldi, a jazz drummer from Cleveland, emerged in the 1970s and was a sought-after bandmate for decades, working on the West Coast with artists such as Joe Lovano, Frank Strazzeri and Keely Smith . In 2019, he teamed up with Lovan and pianist Marilyn Crispell in the Tapestry Trio.