In successive sets by their classic quartet lineups, Lloyd and Marsalis demonstrated striking contrasts in tone and feeling. The bond between the two even extended to the spatial. Frequently, during ...
Saxophone giant Charles Lloyd‘s new album, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, his 11th on the Blue Note label, opens dramatically with just the mellow, tonally plush sounds of drums provided by ...
Working in a trio setting like his fellow idiosyncrat, Steve Tibbetts conjures up comparably pervasive moods on Close And, as this triad is equally purposeful over the course of the fifty-five minutes ...
It’s incredible to think that Charles Lloyd has been playing the saxophone since 1947. Nearly 75 years ago. And he’s still going very strong. On the road in support of his latest record, “Tone Poem,” ...
Near the end of Charles Lloyd’s “Figure in Blue” (Blue Note) comes “Hymn to the Mother, for Zakir.” Its brief, exquisite melody glides in like a slow tide, and eventually releases into eddies of ...
Our guest is modern saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who also built a sound in Los Angeles, riding a wave of free jazz and beyond. He played alongside everyone from Ornette Coleman to the Jefferson Airplane ...