Jazz Articles about Charles Lloyd

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2010

Charles Lloyd è musicista che non deve dimostrare nulla a nessuno. Sta attraversando le vicende della musica afroamericana da più di cinquant'anni tra momenti di grande forza creativa e fasi più rilassate e convenzionali. E vanta diversi meriti tra cui quello di aver portato per primo in tournè in Europa un giovanissimo Keith Jarrett e di essere stato tra i primi a capire le grandi potenzialità della musica non occidentale, contribuendo a diffondere quella che poi sarebbe diventato etno-jazz. Quindi, ...

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
November 3, 2010

Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 Saxophonist Charles Lloyd's current artistic output is often depicted as a heartwarming comeback after years of silence. It is certainly true that his recent string of albums for ECM has brought him commercial and critical success even greater than the plaudits that attended his renowned, hippie-tinged 1960s quartet featuring pianist Keith Jarrett and drummer Jack DeJohnette. But this narrative interpretation is awkward, given that the “comeback," beginning in ...

Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Los Angeles, California, September 25, 2010

by Greg Camphire
October 31, 2010

Charles Lloyd New QuartetNate Holden Performing Arts CenterLos Angeles, California, USASeptember 25, 2010 The audience at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles witnessed something akin to a Saturday night prayer service on September 25th, 2010. As Charles Lloyd led his New Quartet in support of their latest release, Mirror (ECM, 2010), the expansive set list drew on tunes from throughout Lloyd's long career. But the group dwelled fully in the present ...

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

by Warren Allen
September 16, 2010

Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 The perception of Charles Lloyd has changed since he first rose to popularity as a 1960s-saxman, sporting flower power colors and a momentous afro, and was somehow tied to mainstream jazz, the avant-garde and the popular psychedelic movement. A brief recess from recording, during which he taught transcendental meditation, ended with his return to recording and performance in the 1980s, and subsequent transformation into one of today's ...

Charles Lloyd: Mirror

by Hrayr Attarian
September 16, 2010

Charles Lloyd's Mirror is an intensely personal almost autobiographical work. This is apparent from the opener, a deconstructing of the standard “I Fall in Love Too Easily," where the saxophonist's urgent and pleading tone accurately conveys the feeling of unrequited love. The first track bleeds into the next, the traditional gospel tune “Go Down Moses," rearranged by the leader. His alto--backed by Eric Harland's pulsatile drumming, Reuben Rogers' arco bass and Jason Moran's sparse piano--creates a dense, spiritual atmosphere. Moran ...

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

by John Kelman
September 7, 2010

Sometimes the trust in knowing can yield more than the excitement of uncharted territory. Charles Lloyd ratchets down the energy from Rabo De Nube (ECM, 2008), one of the most exciting, free-wheeling albums and new groups of the saxophonist's half century career. Relying on the quartet's increasingly profound chemistry--and mostly recycled material rather than Rabo's largely new set of originals--Lloyd continues his upward trajectory; his intrinsically spiritual nature a moving force behind an album somewhat reminiscent of The Water is ...

The Charles Lloyd Quartet Live at the Highline Ballroom, NYC

by Warren Allen
July 21, 2009

Charles Lloyd Quartet Highline Ballroom New York, New York July 3, 2009

Charles Lloyd hasn't lost a step. He has an instantly recognizable and deeply personal sound on every instrument in his formidable arsenal. His technique gets an audience feeling it. But perhaps his most underrated gift is the ability to be a catalyst for the players around him.

His 1960s quartet with Jack DeJohnette and Keith Jarrett was one of jazz's most popular ...