Search results for "Charles Lloyd"

Charles Lloyd: Song of Her (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

Cecil McBee's luminous ballad "Song of Her" first appeared in 1966 on Charles Lloyd's best-known album, Forest Flower...

Charles Lloyd: Forest Flower (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 18, 07

In the late 1960s Charles Lloyd was a legitimate jazz star, and for a time, his star shined the brightest. His quarte...

Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 18, 07

From the only studio recording by one of the most important yet under-recognized groups of the 1960s, “Dream Weaver” ...

Charles Lloyd: La Colline de Monk (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 25, 08

The percussive, angular piano solo introduction definitely relates to Monk's style, up to its traces of stride, but a...

Charles Lloyd: Prometheus (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 15, 08

“Prometheus” borrows its thematic material from an older Lloyd composition “Hej Da!,” yet he allows his new group the...

Charles Lloyd: Tone Poem (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 18, 07

To celebrate the rebirth of the label, a host of former Blue Note stars assembled for a historic concert at New York’...

Charles Lloyd: Memphis Green (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

"Memphis Green" offers significant abstract deviations from its 12-bar blues pattern. Pianist Keith Jarrett's irregul...

Chico Hamilton: Lady Gabor (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Though they are not recognized as often as other Hamilton-led groups, this may have been the drummer's finest. After ...

Cannonball Adderley: Fiddler on the Roof (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

An album of Broadway hits could easily become a lackluster commercial concession, but Adderley’s Fiddler on the Roof ...

Charles Lloyd at Seventy posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 15, 08

Saxophonist Charles Lloyd releases a new CD this month on ECM in conjunction with his 70th birthday, which he celebra...

Sonny Rollins & Charles Lloyd in Italy posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 17, 08

Every summer, jazz stars descend on Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, now in its 35th year. Ted Panken ...

Lloyd, Charles posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Multi-reedman Charles Lloyd combined John Coltrane’s sweeping approach to improvisation with his own light and supple...

McNeill, Lloyd (G.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McNeill, Lloyd (G.), flute; b. Washington DC, 12 April 1935. He's been in NY since Sept. 1970. He's been teaching ...

Griffith, Miles (Lloyd) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Griffith, Miles (Lloyd), singer, educator; b. Brooklyn, NY, 13 May 1969. His father Mervyn Griffith Sr. (born c. 1934...

Mingus, Charles (Charles Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus juggled an array of influences that ran from gospel and blues, throug...

Davis, Charles (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Davis, Charles (A.), baritone saxophonist, soprano and tenor saxophonist; b.Goodman, Mississippi (not Michigan), May ...

In Conversation With Jack DeJohnette posted in Features and Interviews June 15, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Higgins, Billy posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08

Nearly all of the thousands of sessions Billy Higgins recorded contain swinging jazz at its highest level. Equally at...

Petrucciani, Michel posted in Encyclopedia April 19, 08

Pianist Michel Petrucciani's larger-than-life command of his instrument dazzled audiences, critics, and fellow musici...

Jarrett, Keith posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Pianist and composer Keith Jarrett's work has taken him in a variety of directions, never settling into one genre. As...

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