Jazztodon artist of the week: Charles Lloyd!
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Jazztodon artist of the week: Charles Lloyd!
From @aaj :The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 76th year, the depth of his expression reflects a lifetime of experience.
Charles Lloyd was born in Memphis on March 15, 1938. Lloyd's ancestry of African, Cherokee, Mongolian, and Irish reflects a similar rich culture. His early teachers included pianist Phineas Newborn and saxophonist Irvin Reason. His closest childhood friend was the great trumpeter Booker Little. As a teenager Lloyd played jazz with saxophonist George Coleman and was a sideman for blues greats Johnny Ace, Bobby Blue Bland, Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King.
In 1956 he left Memphis for Los Angeles to earn a degree in music at USC. Lloyd spent nights getting educated on the job in L.A.'s jazz clubs, playing with Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, Scott La Faro, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson and other leading west coast jazz artists.
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Jazztodon artist of the week: Charles Lloyd!
From @aaj :The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 76th year, the depth of his expression reflects a lifetime of experience.
Charles Lloyd was born in Memphis on March 15, 1938. Lloyd's ancestry of African, Cherokee, Mongolian, and Irish reflects a similar rich culture. His early teachers included pianist Phineas Newborn and saxophonist Irvin Reason. His closest childhood friend was the great trumpeter Booker Little. As a teenager Lloyd played jazz with saxophonist George Coleman and was a sideman for blues greats Johnny Ace, Bobby Blue Bland, Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King.
In 1956 he left Memphis for Los Angeles to earn a degree in music at USC. Lloyd spent nights getting educated on the job in L.A.'s jazz clubs, playing with Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, Scott La Faro, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson and other leading west coast jazz artists.
Some great Charles Lloyd albums as leader:
Arrows into Infinity
Athens Concert
Canto
Figure in Blue
Hagar's Song (w. Jason Moran)
Hyperion with Higgins
I Long to See You
Kindred Spirits
Manhattan Stories
Mirror
Montreux Jazz Festival 1967
Ocean
Passin' Through
Quartets
Rabo De Nube
Sangam
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Tone Poem
Trios: Chapel
Vanished Gardens
Voice in the Night
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Some great Charles Lloyd albums as leader:
Arrows into Infinity
Athens Concert
Canto
Figure in Blue
Hagar's Song (w. Jason Moran)
Hyperion with Higgins
I Long to See You
Kindred Spirits
Manhattan Stories
Mirror
Montreux Jazz Festival 1967
Ocean
Passin' Through
Quartets
Rabo De Nube
Sangam
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Tone Poem
Trios: Chapel
Vanished Gardens
Voice in the Night
Wild Man Dance@allenmichie Charles Lloyd is one of those jazz masters that has been around that I am not that familiar with. I only have one of his albums, The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow. His rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing is brilliant.
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