Charles Lloyd
Encyclopedia
Charles Lloyd is an American jazz
musician. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone
and flute
, he has also occasionally recorded on alto saxophone
and more exotic reed instruments which include the Hungarian tárogató
. Lloyd's saxophone playing is often characterized as an individualized, lighter-toned variant of John Coltrane
's style. His best known composition is "Forest Flower".
. From an early age, he was immersed in that city's rich musical life and was exposed to jazz. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and took lessons from pianist Phineas Newborn
. One of his closest friends was trumpeter Booker Little
. Lloyd became a sideman in the blues
bands of B. B. King
, Howlin' Wolf
, Bobby "Blue" Bland
and others.
In 1956 Lloyd moved to Los Angeles and earned a music degree from the University of Southern California
. During this period Lloyd played in the big band of Gerald Wilson
. From 1960 to 1963 Lloyd played in the band of drummer Chico Hamilton
and became its musical director. Though the band was known for playing "chamber jazz
" at the beginning of Lloyd's tenure, his influence as a composer and a player quickly pushed it in a more progressive post-bop
direction. Lloyd's key musical partner in the band was the guitarist Gábor Szabó
. In 1964 Lloyd left Hamilton's group to play with alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. During this period he recorded two albums as a leader for Columbia Records
; his sidemen were other young musicians including Herbie Hancock
, Ron Carter
and Tony Williams. Through 1966-1968 Lloyd led a quartet with pianist Keith Jarrett
, bassist Cecil McBee
(afterwards, Ron McClure
), and drummer Jack DeJohnette
, that producer George Avakian
signed to a contract with Atlantic Records
. The quartet's music was an interesting fusion of straight-ahead post-bop, free jazz
, and soul jazz
. The group's music quickly caught on with both jazz fans and critics. Somewhat surprisingly, they also achieved a fair amount of crossover success with young rock fans and became the first jazz group to play in The Fillmore
. The album Forest Flower
became a big commercial hit, largely on the strength of the title track. Other noteworthy albums include Dream Weaver
and Love-In
.
In 1968, after the quartet's demise, Lloyd entered a state of semi-retirement. Despite recording several albums during the 1970s and occasionally appearing as a sideman, he practically disappeared from the jazz scene. During the 1970s Lloyd played extensively with The Beach Boys
both on their studio recordings and as a member of their touring band. In the late 1970s Lloyd was a member of Celebration, a band composed of members of the Beach Boys' touring band as well as fellow Transcendental Meditation
followers Mike Love
and Al Jardine
. Celebration released two albums.
Upon being approached by pianist Michel Petrucciani
in the early 1980s, he resumed playing actively. From 1989, Lloyd toured actively and recorded for the ECM
label. Although his playing had not changed much stylistically since his groundbreaking work in the 1960s, these recordings showcased his sensitivity as a ballad
player. Noteworthy albums include Canto, Voice in the Night
, The Water Is Wide
(featuring Brad Mehldau
, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier
and Billy Higgins
), Lift Every Voice (featuring Geri Allen
), and the live Rabo de Nube
with Jason Moran). Lloyd has shown great consistency and creativity in his period with ECM, much of his music containing a strong spiritual element, some it heavily in a "world music" vein, and some of it unusual and experimental as in the duets on Which Way is East? with his longtime friend and musical soulmate, Billy Higgins
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
and flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, he has also occasionally recorded on alto saxophone
Alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
and more exotic reed instruments which include the Hungarian tárogató
Tárogató
The tárogató refers to two different Hungarian woodwind instruments: the ancient tárogató and the modern tárogató...
. Lloyd's saxophone playing is often characterized as an individualized, lighter-toned variant of John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
's style. His best known composition is "Forest Flower".
Biography
Lloyd was born in Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. From an early age, he was immersed in that city's rich musical life and was exposed to jazz. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and took lessons from pianist Phineas Newborn
Phineas Newborn
Phineas Newborn, Jr. was an American jazz pianist, whose principal influences were Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Bud Powell. Newborn came from a musical family with his father, Phineas Newborn, Sr., being a blues musician and his younger brother, Calvin, a jazz guitarist...
. One of his closest friends was trumpeter Booker Little
Booker Little
Booker Little, Jr was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.-Biography:Despite his premature death from kidney failure at the age of 23, Little made an important contribution to jazz. Stylistically, his sound is rooted in the playing of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished...
. Lloyd became a sideman in the blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
bands of B. B. King
B. B. King
Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M...
, Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
, Bobby "Blue" Bland
Bobby Bland
Robert Calvin Bland better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of the Beale Streeters, and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues"...
and others.
In 1956 Lloyd moved to Los Angeles and earned a music degree from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. During this period Lloyd played in the big band of Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Stanley Wilson is an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, 8 time Grammy nominee, and educator. He has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1940s....
. From 1960 to 1963 Lloyd played in the band of drummer Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton , is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.-Early life through 1960s:Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso...
and became its musical director. Though the band was known for playing "chamber jazz
Chamber jazz
Chamber jazz is a genre of jazz based around small, acoustic-based ensembles where group interplay is important. It is influenced aesthetically by musical neoclassicism and is often influenced by classical forms of non-Western music. That stated in many cases the influence is traditional Celtic...
" at the beginning of Lloyd's tenure, his influence as a composer and a player quickly pushed it in a more progressive post-bop
Bebop
Bebop differed drastically from the straightforward compositions of the swing era, and was instead characterized by fast tempos, asymmetrical phrasing, intricate melodies, and rhythm sections that expanded on their role as tempo-keepers...
direction. Lloyd's key musical partner in the band was the guitarist Gábor Szabó
Gábor Szabó
Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...
. In 1964 Lloyd left Hamilton's group to play with alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. During this period he recorded two albums as a leader for Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
; his sidemen were other young musicians including Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Ron Carter
Ron Carter
Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist who has recorded numerous times on that...
and Tony Williams. Through 1966-1968 Lloyd led a quartet with pianist Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
, bassist Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee is an American post bop jazz bassist, described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz as "a full-toned bassist who creates rich, singing phrases in a wide range of contemporary jazz contexts." Allmusic called him "One of post-bop's most advanced and versatile bassists".-Biography:McBee...
(afterwards, Ron McClure
Ron McClure
Ron McClure , a bassist, has played in hard bop, jazz-rock, and free and bebop sessions and bands.He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass...
), and drummer Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
, that producer George Avakian
George Avakian
George Avakian is an American record producer and executive known particularly for his work with Columbia Records, and his production of albums by Miles Davis and other notable jazz musicians....
signed to a contract with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. The quartet's music was an interesting fusion of straight-ahead post-bop, free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
, and soul jazz
Soul jazz
Soul jazz is a development of jazz incorporating strong influences from blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often an organ trio featuring a Hammond organ.- Overview :Soul jazz is often associated with hard bop. Mark C...
. The group's music quickly caught on with both jazz fans and critics. Somewhat surprisingly, they also achieved a fair amount of crossover success with young rock fans and became the first jazz group to play in The Fillmore
The Fillmore
The Fillmore Auditorium is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights neighborhoods.In 1968,...
. The album Forest Flower
Forest Flower
-Track listing:# "Forest Flower: Sunrise" - 7:17# "Forest Flower: Sunset" - 10:19# "Sorcery" - 5:11# "Song of Her" - 5:16# "East of the Sun" - 10:20*Recorded on September 8, 1966 in Monterey, CA-Personnel:...
became a big commercial hit, largely on the strength of the title track. Other noteworthy albums include Dream Weaver
Dream Weaver (album)
Dream Weaver is the third album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, his first released on the Atlantic label, and the first recordings by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette...
and Love-In
Love-In
-Track listing:# "Tribal Dance" - 10:20# "Temple Bells" - 2:58# "Is It Really the Same?" - 6:04# "Here, There and Everywhere" - 3:52# "Love-In" - 4:57# "Sunday Morning" - 8:11...
.
In 1968, after the quartet's demise, Lloyd entered a state of semi-retirement. Despite recording several albums during the 1970s and occasionally appearing as a sideman, he practically disappeared from the jazz scene. During the 1970s Lloyd played extensively with The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
both on their studio recordings and as a member of their touring band. In the late 1970s Lloyd was a member of Celebration, a band composed of members of the Beach Boys' touring band as well as fellow Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
followers Mike Love
Mike Love
Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
and Al Jardine
Al Jardine
Alan Charles "Al" Jardine is a founding member of top-selling American music group The Beach Boys, a guitarist and occasional lead vocalist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.-Early life:...
. Celebration released two albums.
Upon being approached by pianist Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
in the early 1980s, he resumed playing actively. From 1989, Lloyd toured actively and recorded for the ECM
ECM (record label)
ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
label. Although his playing had not changed much stylistically since his groundbreaking work in the 1960s, these recordings showcased his sensitivity as a ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
player. Noteworthy albums include Canto, Voice in the Night
Voice in the Night
Voice in the Night is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in May 1998 by Lloyd with John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Billy Higgins.-Reception:...
, The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide (album)
-Track listing:# "Georgia" - 6:38# "The Water Is Wide" - 5:02# "Black Butterfly" - 4:36# "Ballade and Allegro" - 3:45# "Figure in Blue" - 5:13...
(featuring Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Larry Grenadier, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Ballard, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Kurt...
, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier is an American jazz double bassist.His father, Albert, was a trumpet player, and his two brothers, Phil and Steve, would eventually play trumpet and guitar respectively. Grenadier too began on trumpet when he was 10 years old. His father taught him to read music and gave him his...
and Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958...
), Lift Every Voice (featuring Geri Allen
Geri Allen
Geri Allen is an American composer/pianist educator jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette,...
), and the live Rabo de Nube
Rabo de Nube
-Track listing:# "Prometheus" - 14:42# "Migration of Spirit" - 10:14# "Booker's Garden" - 14:32# "Ramanujan" - 11:38# "La Colline de Monk" - 4:01# "Sweet Georgia Bright" - 12:16# "Rabo de Nube" - 7:36...
with Jason Moran). Lloyd has shown great consistency and creativity in his period with ECM, much of his music containing a strong spiritual element, some it heavily in a "world music" vein, and some of it unusual and experimental as in the duets on Which Way is East? with his longtime friend and musical soulmate, Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958...
.
Discography
As leader
| Release date | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Discovery! Discovery! Discovery! is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd released on the Columbia label featuring performances by Lloyd with Don Friedman, Eddie Khan, Roy Haynes, Richard Davis, and J.C. Moses. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "Lloyd's Coltrane-inspired... |
Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
| 1965 | Of Course, Of Course Of Course, of Course Of Course, Of Course is the second album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd released on the Columbia label featuring performances by Lloyd with Gabor Szabo, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams... |
Columbia |
| 1968 | Nirvana Nirvana (Charles Lloyd album) Nirvana is a studio album by American saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded mainly in 1965, but not released on Columbia until 1968.-Track listing:#"Island Blues" - 3:27#"Carcara" - 1:46#"Long Time, Baby" - 2:12... |
Columbia |
| 1966 | Dream Weaver Dream Weaver (album) Dream Weaver is the third album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, his first released on the Atlantic label, and the first recordings by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette... |
Atlantic Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz... |
| 1966 | Forest Flower Forest Flower -Track listing:# "Forest Flower: Sunrise" - 7:17# "Forest Flower: Sunset" - 10:19# "Sorcery" - 5:11# "Song of Her" - 5:16# "East of the Sun" - 10:20*Recorded on September 8, 1966 in Monterey, CA-Personnel:... |
Atlantic |
| 1966 | The Flowering The Flowering -Track listing:# "Speak Low" - 8:26# "Love-In/Island Blues" - 6:19# "Wilpan's" - 6:39# "Gypsy '66" - 14:11# "Goin' to Memphis/Island Blues" - 7:04... |
Atlantic |
| 1966 | Charles Lloyd in Europe Charles Lloyd in Europe -Track listing:*Recorded on October 29, 1966 in Norway-Personnel:*Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute*Keith Jarrett - piano*Cecil McBee - bass*Jack DeJohnette - drums... |
Atlantic |
| 1967 | Love-In Love-In -Track listing:# "Tribal Dance" - 10:20# "Temple Bells" - 2:58# "Is It Really the Same?" - 6:04# "Here, There and Everywhere" - 3:52# "Love-In" - 4:57# "Sunday Morning" - 8:11... |
Atlantic |
| 1967 | Journey Within Journey Within (Charles Lloyd album) -Track listing:# "Journey Within" - 11:29 # "Love No. 3" - 5:37 # "Memphis Green" - 9:15# "Lonesome Child: Song/Dance" - 10:36*Recorded on January 27, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California-Personnel:... |
Atlantic |
| 1967 | Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union -Track listing:*Recorded on May 14, 1967 at Kalevi Sport Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR-Personnel:*Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute*Keith Jarrett - piano*Ron McClure - bass*Jack DeJohnette - drums... |
Atlantic |
| 1968 | Soundtrack Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album) -Track listing:# "Sombrero Sam" - 10:26 # "Voice in the Night - 9:06# "Pre-Dawn" - 2:34 # "Forest Flower '69" - 16:51*Recorded on November 15, 1968 at the Town Hall, NYC-Personnel:*Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute*Keith Jarrett - piano... |
Atlantic |
| 1970 | Moon Man Moon Man (album) -Track listing:# "Moonman I" - 3:33# "I Don't Care What You Tell Me" - 2:58# "Sermon" - 1:07# "Sweet Juvenia" - 6:12# "Heavy Karma" - 9:32# "Hejira: Prayer/Exile/Journey/Hurrikit/Forever" - 6:58# "Ship" - 2:26# "Moonman II" - 8:20-Personnel:... |
Kapp Kapp Records Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp . David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca Records and RCA Victor Records. Kapp licensed its records to London Records for release in the UK.In 1967, David Kapp sold his label to MCA Inc... |
| 1971 | Warm Waters Warm Waters -Track listing:# "All Life is One" - 3:42# "How Sweet" - 2:22# "Memphis Belle" - 2:33# "Freedom" - 3:55# "Dear Dr... |
Kapp |
| 1972 | Waves Waves (Charles Lloyd album) -Track listing:# "TM" - 4:58# "Pyramid" - 7:08# "Majorca" - 6:10# "Harvest" - 8:57# "Rishikisha: Hummingbird" - 1:36# "Rishikisha: Rishikesh" - 1:24# "Rishikisha: Seagull" - 2:14*Recorded at Malibu Road-Personnel:... |
A&M A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:... |
| 1973 | Geeta | A&M |
| 1973 | Morning Sunrise | ADC |
| 1978 | Weavings | Pacific Arts |
| 1978 | Koto | ADC (Same album as Pathless Path) |
| 1979 | Pathless Path | Unity (Same album as Koto) |
| 1979 | Big Sur Tapestry | Pacific Arts |
| 1979 | Autumn in New York Volume One | Destiny |
| 1982 | Montreux 82 | Elektra/Musician Elektra/Musician Elektra/Musician was a jazz record label founded as a subsidiary of Elektra Records in 1982.-Discography:... |
| 1983 | A Night in Copenhagen A Night in Copenhagen -Track listing:# "Lotus Land " 9:08# "Lady Day" 7:22# "El Encanto" 6:23# "Third Floor Richard" 8:14# "Night Blooming Jasmine" 14:23# "Of Course, Of Course" Bonus Track on CD 9:45# "Sweet Georgia Bright" Bonus Track on CD 11:45... |
Blue Note Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters... |
| 1989 | Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water (Charles Lloyd album) Fish Out of Water is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded by Lloyd with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen.-Reception:... |
ECM |
| 1992 | Notes from Big Sur Notes from Big Sur -Track listing:# "Requiem" - 8:01# "Sister" - 8:51# "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22# "Sam Song" - 7:54# "Takur" - 4:27# "Monk in Paris" - 9:38# "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55# "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31... |
ECM |
| 1993 | Acoustic Masters I Acoustic Masters I -Track listing:# "Blues for Bill" – 9:48# "Clandestine" – 9:08# "Sweet Georgia Bright" – 5:52# "Lady Day" – 7:13# "Green Chimneys" – 5:50# "Strivers Jewels" – 5:23... |
Atlantic |
| 1993 | The Call The Call (Charles Lloyd album) -Track listing:# "Nocturne" - 5:14# "Song" - 12:45# "Dwija" - 6:46# "Glimpse" - 8:33# "Imke" - 3:55# "Amarma" - 7:18# "Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke" - 9:25# "The Blessing" - 10:54# "Brother on the Rooftop" - 11:57*Recorded in Oslo, Norway in July 1993... |
ECM |
| 1994 | All My Relations All My Relations (album) -Track listing:# "Piercing the Veil" - 8:27# "Little Peace" - 6:35# "Thelonious Theonlyus" - 7:48# "Cape to Cairo Suite " - 15:26# "Evanstide, Where Lotus Bloom" - 10:56# "All My Relations" - 10:54# "Hymne to the Mother" - 8:38... |
ECM |
| 1996 | Canto | ECM |
| 1999 | Voice in the Night Voice in the Night Voice in the Night is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in May 1998 by Lloyd with John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Billy Higgins.-Reception:... |
ECM |
| 2000 | The Water Is Wide The Water Is Wide (album) -Track listing:# "Georgia" - 6:38# "The Water Is Wide" - 5:02# "Black Butterfly" - 4:36# "Ballade and Allegro" - 3:45# "Figure in Blue" - 5:13... |
ECM |
| 2001 | Hyperion with Higgins Hyperion with Higgins -Track listing:# "Dancing Waters, Big Sur to Bahia" - 5:54# "Bharati" - 7:01# "Secret Life of the Forbidden City" - 10:05# "Miss Jessye" - 10:24# "Hyperion With Higgins" - 7:20... |
ECM |
| 2002 | Lift Every Voice | ECM |
| 2004 | Which Way is East Which Way Is East -Track listing:# "What Is Man: The Forest" - 3:34# "What Is Man: Being and Becoming" - 4:45# "What Is Man: Civilization" - 4:35# "What Is Man: Sea of Tranquility" - 2:43# "Divans: Prayer, Sanctuary" - 4:12# "Divans: Supreme Love Dance" - 3:36... |
ECM |
| 2005 | Jumping the Creek Jumping the Creek -Track listing:# "Ne Me Quitte Pas " - 13:29# "Ken Katta Ma Om " - 5:45# "Angel Oak Revisited" - 3:34# "Canon Perdido" - 3:01# "Jumping the Creek" - 5:57# "The Sufi's Tears" - 3:06... |
ECM |
| 2006 | Sangam Sangam (album) -Track listing:# "Dancing on One Foot" - 9:04# "Tales of Rumi" - 11:58# "Sangam" - 9:20# "Nataraj" - 2:47# "Guman" - 11:40# "Tender Warriors" - 8:56# "Hymn to the Mother" - 11:49# "Lady in the Harbor" - 3:27# "Little Peace" - 5:53... |
ECM |
| 2008 | Rabo de Nube Rabo de Nube -Track listing:# "Prometheus" - 14:42# "Migration of Spirit" - 10:14# "Booker's Garden" - 14:32# "Ramanujan" - 11:38# "La Colline de Monk" - 4:01# "Sweet Georgia Bright" - 12:16# "Rabo de Nube" - 7:36... |
ECM |
| 2010 | Mirror Mirror (Charles Lloyd album) -Track listing:# "I Fall in Love Too Easily" - 5:00# "Go Down Moses" - 5:59# "Desolation Sound" - 7:03# "La Llorona" - 5:35# "Caroline, No" - 4:02... |
ECM |
| 2011 | Athens Concert Athens Concert -Track listing:Disc One:# "Kratissa Ti Zoi Mou" - 5:59# "Dream Weaver" - 8:10# "Blow Wind" - 5:34# "Requiem" - 5:57# "Greek Suite Part 1: Hymnos Stin Ayia Triada" - - 4:03... (with Maria Farantouri Maria Farantouri Maria Farantouri was born in Athens on 28 November 1947. She is a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist. She has collaborated with prominent Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed... ) |
ECM |
As sideman
| Release date | Title | Label | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Chico Hamilton Chico Hamilton Chico Hamilton , is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.-Early life through 1960s:Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso... |
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| 1960 | Bye Bye Birdie - Irma La Douce | Columbia | ||||
| 1960 | The Chico Hamilton Special | Columbia | ||||
| 1962 | Drumfusion | Columbia | ||||
| 1962 | Transfusion | Studio West | ||||
| 1962 | Passin' Thru Passin' Thru (Chico Hamilton album) Passin' Thru is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.-Reception:... |
Impulse! Impulse! Records Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City... |
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| 1963 | A Different Journey | Reprise Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:... |
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| 1963 | Man from Two Worlds Man from Two Worlds Man from Two Worlds is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label. The CD reissue added four compositions from Hamilton's previous album Passin' Thru as bonus tracks.... |
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| 1965 | Chic Chic Chico Chic Chic Chico Chic Chic Chico is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Impulse! label.-Reception:... |
Impulse! | Appears on only one track | |||
| With Les McCann Les McCann Les McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:... |
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| 1961 | Les McCann Sings | Pacific Jazz Pacific Jazz Records Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record label best known for releasing cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded by Richard Bock and drummer Roy Harte in 1952.... |
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| 1964 | Cannonball Adderley Live! Cannonball Adderley Live! Cannonball Adderley Live! is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at Shelly's Mann Hole and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes... |
Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| 1964 | Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Capitol label featuring performances of material from the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes... |
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| 1991 | Radio Nights Radio Nights Radio Nights is an album released in 1991 featuring previously unreleased live radio broadcasts by the Cannonball Adderley Quartet, Quintet and Sextet from New York City's Half Note Club jazz club. They were recorded by Alan Grant and broadcast live on radio in the last week of 1967 and the first... |
Night | ||||
| With The Beach Boys The Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962... |
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| 1971 | Surf's Up | Caribou Caribou Records Caribou Records is a record label which distributed some of the Brother Records releases by The Beach Boys. It is owned by James William Guercio, who also owns Caribou Ranch recording studios, and was the longtime manager of the band Chicago.... /Stateside Stateside Records Stateside Records is a British record label which initially released licenced American recordings and is now a reissue label.... |
Appears on only one track | |||
| 1972 | Holland Holland (album) Holland is the nineteenth studio album by the American rock group The Beach Boys, released in January 1973. It was famously recorded in Baambrugge, Netherlands over the summer of 1972 using a reconstructed studio sent from home, and with two Brian Wilson tracks rush-recorded in Los Angeles and... |
Brother | ||||
| 1976 | 15 Big Ones 15 Big Ones -Singles:* "Rock And Roll Music" b/w "T M Song" , 24 May 1976 US #5; UK #36* "It's O.K." b/w "Had to Phone Ya" , 9 August 1976 US #29* "Everyone's In Love With You" b/w "Susie Cincinnati" , 1 November 1976... |
Brother Brother Records Brother Records, Inc. is a record label and holding company formed in October 1966 that holds the intellectual property rights of the Beach Boys, including the "The Beach Boys" trademark.... |
Appears on only one track | |||
| 1978 | M.I.U. Album M.I.U. Album M.I.U. Album is the 22nd studio album by The Beach Boys, released in 1978. Recorded at a fraught time for the band, only Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Brian Wilson appear throughout the album. Carl and Dennis Wilson are audible on only a few of the songs.... |
Brother | ||||
| With Canned Heat Canned Heat Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists... |
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| 1971 | Historical Figures and Ancient Heads Historical Figures and Ancient Heads Historical Figures and Ancient Heads is the sixth album by Canned Heat, released in 1971. It was the first album not to feature original member and songwriter Alan Wilson who had died the previous year. Featuring new guitarman Joel Scott Hill and Little Richard on “Rockin’ WIth The King”... |
United Artists United Artists Records United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:... |
Appears on two tracks | |||
| With The Doors The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger... |
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| 1972 | Full Circle Full Circle (The Doors album) Full Circle is the eighth studio album by The Doors released in 1972. It is the second album after Jim Morrison's death, and also their last album together before they broke up. The album includes "The Mosquito", the last hit single by the band. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger... |
Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
Appears on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird" | |||
| With Harvey Mandel Harvey Mandel Harvey Mandel is an American guitarist known for his innovative approach to electric guitar playing. A professional at twenty, he played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall before starting a solo career... |
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| 1972 | The Snake | Janus | Appears on only one track | |||
| With Gabor Szabo Gábor Szabó Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:... |
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| 1973 | Gabor Szabo Live | Blue Thumb Blue Thumb Records Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra... |
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| With Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records... |
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| 1973 | Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn (album) Roger McGuinn was Roger McGuinn's first full-length solo album, released in 1973.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy, except where otherwise noted.-Side one:# "I'm So Restless" – 3:05# "My New Woman" – 3:10... |
Columbia | Appears on two tracks | |||
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| 1976 | Breakaway | Reprise | ||||
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| 1978 | Almost Summer: Music from the Original Motion Picture | MCA MCA Records MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003... |
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| 1979 | Celebration | Pacific Arts | ||||
| 1979 | Disco Celebration | ADC | ||||
| With Joe Sample Joe Sample Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano... |
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| 1995 | Old Places, Old Faces | Warner Bros Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
Appears on three tracks | |||
| With Mark Isham Mark Isham Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.-Life and career:... |
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| 1998 | Afterglow: Music from the Motion Picture | Columbia | ||||