Jazz Articles about Jon Lloyd

Jon Lloyd: Four and Five

by Robert Spencer
August 1, 1999

Alto and soprano saxophonist Jon Lloyd explains about this release that “the compositions for this group were designed to be played with less of a pulse-driven approach than my earlier work with the Jon Lloyd Quartet - the ebb and flow of the music takes place organically according to the direction each performer wishes to take."

Paul Clarvis is a first-rate percussionist for this kind of music. Most of the tracks on Four and Five vary quite widely in tempo, ...