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Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Passin' Thru
by Angelo Leonardi
Alla soglia degli ottant'anni Charles Lloyd continua a mostrare la vivacità e l'energia di un trentenne. Abbiamo appena terminato d'apprezzare la collaborazione con Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz e altri nel progetto The Marvels (I Long to See You Blue Note 2016) che la storica etichetta annuncia la pubblicazione di Passin' Thru, terzo disco del suo New Quartet con Jason Moran al pianoforte, Reuben Rogers al contrabbasso ed Eric Harland alla batteria. Il disco giunge nel decimo ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams: Masters Of War
by Dan Bilawsky
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (The more things change, the more they stay the same) --Jean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrMore than half a century has come and gone since Bob Dylan penned “Masters of War," yet the song's message remains as relevant as ever. On January 20, 2017--the very day that Donald Trump took the Oath of Office and became the 45th President of the United States of America--saxophonist Charles Lloyd joined a rapidly growing chorus of ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth
by Ian Patterson
Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth Josef Woodard 229 Pages ISBN: 978-1-935247-13-5 Silman-James Press 2016 A book on Charles Lloyd--one of the most celebrated and enigmatic jazz musicians of the past fifty years--has been a long time coming. It's been a while in the making too, for author Josef Woodard spent twenty five years doing the groundwork, repeatedly interviewing Lloyd, following his career for Downbeat/JazzTimes and other publications and even traveling on ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd Quartet at Vicar Street
by Ian Patterson
Charles Lloyd Quartet Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland November 16, 2016 Two years after playing Dublin's National Concert Hall, NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd returned to the Irish capital and the more intimate surroundings of Vicar Street. Last time out Lloyd's New Quartet featured Gerald Clayton in lieu of Jason Moran, Joe Sanders in lieu of Reuben Rogers, and Eric Harland. Here only Clayton remained, with the returning Rogers and Kendrick Scott rounding out the unit. ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd and The Marvels: I Long to See You
by Ian Patterson
Rather than easing off since turning seventy in 2008, Charles Lloyd has instead upped the ante, producing some of the finest music of his career. Whatever spiritual quest Lloyd is on, it continues to spur the veteran saxophonist to heady musical heights and I Long to See You (Blue Note, 2016) is no exception. Lloyd's well-established rhythm team of Rueben Rogers and Eric Harland is joined by Bill Frisell--whose presence marks a return to the guitar in Lloyd's music for ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd & The Marvels: I Long To See You
by Dan Bilawsky
If ever there was an eternal explorer, it's Charles Lloyd. This inquisitive soul has made a career out of surveying new frontiers, both within himself and beyond the borders of his own being. He's taken every opportunity to peer and travel into the unknown, allowing only the sound and the spirits to serve as his guides. Yet somehow, each one of his albums also manages to feel like a homecoming of sorts. There's something that's just plain ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd and The Marvels: I Long to See You
by Stefano Merighi
Non vi è dubbio che al giro di boa dei 70 anni Charles Lloyd abbia conosciuto una “nuova giovinezza" artistica e che queste recenti stagioni siano state per lui ricche di soddisfazioni. I dischi ECM ed il recente Blue Note Wild Man Dance lo hanno rilanciato come tra i più creativi tra i senatori del jazz. Il nuovo disco cambia rotta rispetto alle musiche di ampio respiro dei suddetti album e si concentra su un repertorio più vicino alla forma ...
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