Artist: Joe Lovano
Album: Homage
Genre: Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Love in the Garden (Seifert) - 4:12
- Golden Horn (Lovano) - 10:18
- Homage (Lovano) - 8:00
- Giving Thanks (Lovano) - 2:27
- This Side - Catville (Lovano) - 12:04
- Projection (Lovano) - 2:02
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- Personnel:
- Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone, tarogato, gongs
- Marcin Wasilewski - piano
- Slawomir Kurkiewicz - double bass
- Michal Miskiewicz - drums
Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski reunite for their second collaboration, 2025's harmonically unfettered, free-leaning Homage. The album, which follows their 2022 duet Arctic Riff, builds nicely upon their intuitive sense of group interplay, moving between deftly composed works and wholly improvised ones. Joining them once again is Wasilewski's trio featuring bassist Sławomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michał Miśkiewicz. This is the same group that earned acclaim for their work with the late trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and who bring an equally empathetic approach to playing with Lovano. Cuts like the opening "Love in the Garden" and "Golden Horn" have a tender, sun-dappled quality that conjures a striking blend of John Coltrane and Duke Ellington's later career small group work. Equally evocative is "This Side - Catville" which evokes the swinging, off-kilter free bop of the Ornette Coleman quartet. Yet more esoteric are Lovano's two solo performances: the moody saxophone piece "Giving Thanks" and his textured percussion work on "Projection." While those solo tracks certainly pull the listener deeper into Lovano's dreamy, stream-of-consciousness lyricism, the album is most compelling when the players combine their voices. This is underscored on the title track, a free improvisation that finds Lovano spiraling melodic ideas off Wasilewski as the trio responds in kind. With Homage, Lovano and Wasilewski remain adventurous, kindred spirits.
Review by Matt Collar