At the Top of the World with Joe Lovano and the TCA-M Active Loudspeakers

On the 78th floor of Frank Gehry’s sculptural tower in Lower Manhattan, the evening light spilled across the harbor. The Statue of Liberty stood in quiet witness as guests gathered in the Consul General’s penthouse, welcomed by Ambassador Helle Meinertz. It was a setting where architecture, music, and Danish design could meet in rare harmony — elevated in every sense.

Into this space walked Joe Lovano. The legendary GRAMMY-winning saxophonist and ECM recording artist, whose sound has shaped contemporary jazz for decades, carried with him the immediacy of live performance. His playing filled the room — intimate, searching, resonant — and then gave way to listening. Together, we heard the just-released TCA Private Vault session from the May 2024 Rudy Van Gelder Studio session with Lovano, Sam Yahel, and Kresten Osgood.