"Having played with legendary ECM artists in the past, including most notably Lee Konitz and Paul Motian, Lovano's work with Trio Tapestry feels like a continuation of that style of progressive, classical-influenced jazz and fittingly brings to mind the sound of ECM albums of the '70s and '80s ... Always at the center of the trio, however, is Lovano, whose warm, vocal-like tones and painterly phrases give the album the focused reverence and elevated emotionality of a church service"

"Jazz album of the month" - "... after more than four jazz-star decades that have seen him considered one of Sonny Rollins' heirs (and a collaborator with originals from Bill Frisell and Elvin Jones to Esperanza Spalding), Lovano's Trio Tapestry explore delicate distillations of the musical resources that all three members have often individually set loose with warp-speed intensity ... Garden of Expression is about the spaces between sounds as much as sounds themselves - but, as in meditation, they're spaces that resonate with stories"

"Vurdering: A-" - "In the second installment of the Trio Tapestry, Garden of Expression, the leading saxophonist Joe Lovano wields his horn with tact, engraving profound melodies on the understructures created by his sterling associates, the pianist Marilyn Crispell and the drummer Carmen Castaldi. ... The open music of Trio Tapestry casts a mesmerizing spell, shining with colors that, being less flashy than most of the modern genres, are everlasting and opalescent"

Vurdering: 4.5/5