Last year, the always vibrant, visionary saxophonist Charles Lloyd and his group The Marvels released their album, I Long to See You, on Blue Note. It's an amazing album and the group of guitarist Bill Frisell, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland completely kill live. For a most fitting example, Lloyd released this live recording of … [Read more...]
NEA Jazz Masters: Tribute to Charles Lloyd (Video)
Charles Lloyd is a true jazz legend who hasn’t stopped astounding us with his creativity and inventiveness ever since he stepped on the scene in the 60s, ever reinventing himself since then and always knowing how to surround himself with the brightest musicians available to him. On April 20th, Mr. Lloyd was, rightly so, honored by the National Endowment for the Arts with a NEA … [Read more...]
Charles Lloyd’s ‘Wild Man Dance’ EPK
Charles Lloyd’s Twitter byline reads as follows, “Jazz Sax, Composer, Musical Healer”, and the tenor man is nothing short of eccentric as can be attested by the EPK to his April 14th Blue Note Records release aptly named Wild Man Dance. This will be the second Blue Note album for Lloyd over a 30 year span, the last being 1983’s A Night in Copenhagen which featured a 21 year old … [Read more...]