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Charles Lloyd
born on 15/3/1938 in Memphis, TN, United States
Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)
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Charles Lloyd (born March 15, 1938) is an American jazz musician. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute, he has occasionally recorded on alto saxophone and more exotic reed instruments, which include the Hungarian tárogató. Lloyd's working band since 2007 features pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland.
Biography
Charles Lloyd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 15, 1938.
In 1967 Lloyd was voted "Jazz Artist of the Year" by Down Beat.[1]
Lloyd describes his music as having always "danced on many shores". As Peter Watrous noted, "Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the American experience, part abandoned and wild, part immensely controlled and sophisticated."[2]
Despite recording several albums during the 1970s and occasionally appearing as a sideman, he practically disappeared from the jazz scene. During the 1970s Lloyd played extensively with The Beach Boys both on their studio recordings and as a member of their touring band. In the late 1970s Lloyd was a member of Celebration, a band composed of members of The Beach Boys' touring band as well as Mike Love and Al Jardine. Celebration released two albums.
From 1989, Lloyd toured actively and recorded for the ECM label. Although his playing had not changed much stylistically since his work in the 1960s, these recordings showcased his sensitivity as a ballad player. Noteworthy albums include Canto; Voice in the Night; The Water Is Wide featuring Brad Mehldau, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier and Billy Higgins; Lift Every Voice (featuring Geri Allen); and the live Rabo de Nube with Jason Moran.
Lloyd has shown great consistency and creativity in his period with ECM, much of his music containing a strong spiritual element, some of it heavily in a "world music" vein, and some of it unusual and experimental, as in the duets on Which Way is East? with his longtime friend and musical soulmate, Billy Higgins.[3][4][5]
Allmusic noted that Lloyd's 2013 newest offering, Hagar's Song, a duo recording with Jason Moran finds the musicians "at their most naturally curious and deeply attentive best, offering a conversation so intimate the listener may occasionally feel she is eavesdropping." [6]
Charles Lloyd maintains an active performance and recording schedule with the New Quartet, Sangam, Maria Farantouri and special projects around the world. He celebrated his 75th birthday in 2013 with concerts in the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum and the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
On April 26, 2013 Charles Lloyd was given an Award of Merit from the city of Tallinn, Estonia for his pioneering contributions to bringing jazz to Estonia from 1976 to the present.
Charles Lloyd is the recipient of the 2013 Miles Davis Award from the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
Personal life
Lloyd lives in Southern California with his wife, Dorothy Darr.[7]
Discography
As leader
Release date | Title | Label |
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1964 | Discovery! | Columbia |
1965 | Of Course, Of Course | Columbia |
1968 | Nirvana | Columbia |
1966 | Dream Weaver | Atlantic |
1966 | Forest Flower | Atlantic |
1966 | The Flowering | Atlantic |
1966 | Charles Lloyd in Europe | Atlantic |
1967 | Love-In | Atlantic |
1967 | Journey Within | Atlantic |
1967 | Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union | Atlantic |
1968 | Soundtrack | Atlantic |
1970 | Moon Man | Kapp |
1971 | Warm Waters | Kapp |
1972 | Waves | A&M |
1973 | Geeta | A&M |
1973 | Morning Sunrise | ADC |
1978 | Weavings | Pacific Arts |
1978 | Koto | ADC (Same album as Pathless Path) |
1979 | Pathless Path | Unity (Same album as Koto) |
1979 | Big Sur Tapestry | Pacific Arts |
1979 | Autumn in New York Volume One | Destiny |
1982 | Montreux 82 | Elektra/Musician |
1983 | A Night in Copenhagen | Blue Note |
1989 | Fish Out of Water | ECM |
1992 | Notes from Big Sur | ECM |
1993 | Acoustic Masters I | Atlantic |
1993 | The Call | ECM |
1994 | All My Relations | ECM |
1996 | Canto | ECM |
1999 | Voice in the Night | ECM |
2000 | The Water Is Wide | ECM |
2001 | Hyperion with Higgins | ECM |
2002 | Lift Every Voice | ECM |
2004 | Which Way is East | ECM |
2005 | Jumping the Creek | ECM |
2006 | Sangam | ECM |
2008 | Rabo de Nube | ECM |
2010 | Mirror | ECM |
2011 | Athens Concert (with Maria Farantouri) | ECM |
2013 | Hagar's Song with Jason Moran | ECM |
As sideman
Release date | Title | Label | Notes | |||
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With Chico Hamilton | ||||||
1960 | Bye Bye Birdie - Irma La Douce | Columbia | ||||
1960 | The Chico Hamilton Special | Columbia | ||||
1962 | Drumfusion | Columbia | ||||
1962 | Transfusion | Studio West | ||||
1962 | Passin' Thru | Impulse! | ||||
1963 | A Different Journey | Reprise | ||||
1963 | Man from Two Worlds | Impulse! | ||||
1965 | Chic Chic Chico | Impulse! | Appears on only one track | |||
With Les McCann | ||||||
1961 | Les McCann Sings | Pacific Jazz | Appears on four tracks | |||
With Cannonball Adderley | ||||||
1964 | Cannonball Adderley Live! | Capitol | ||||
1964 | Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof | Capitol | ||||
1991 | Radio Nights | Night | ||||
With The Beach Boys | ||||||
1971 | Surf's Up | Caribou/Stateside | Appears on only one track | |||
1973 | Holland | Brother | ||||
1976 | 15 Big Ones | Brother | Appears on only one track | |||
1978 | M.I.U. Album | Brother | ||||
With Canned Heat | ||||||
1971 | Historical Figures and Ancient Heads | United Artists | Appears on two tracks | |||
With The Doors | ||||||
1972 | Full Circle | Elektra | Appears on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird" | |||
With Harvey Mandel | ||||||
1972 | The Snake | Janus | Appears on only one track | |||
With Gábor Szabó | ||||||
1973 | Gabor Szabo Live | Blue Thumb | Appears on only one track | |||
With Roger McGuinn | ||||||
1973 | Roger McGuinn | Columbia | Appears on two tracks | |||
With William Truckaway | ||||||
1976 | Breakaway | Reprise | ||||
With Celebration | ||||||
1978 | Almost Summer: Music from the Original Motion Picture | MCA | ||||
1979 | Celebration | Pacific Arts | ||||
1979 | Disco Celebration | ADC | ||||
With Joe Sample | ||||||
1995 | Old Places, Old Faces | Warner Bros | Appears on three tracks | |||
With Mark Isham | ||||||
1998 | Afterglow: Music from the Motion Picture | Columbia |
References
- DownBeat Readers (1967-12-31). "1967 Downbeat Readers Poll". DownBeat Magazine.
- Watrous, Peter, Review/Jazz Festival; Tribute to Coltrane from Charles Lloyd, June 22, 1992.
- Richardson, Derk, A Jazz Love Affair / Charles Lloyd pays homage to Billy Higgins at the SF Jazz Fest Spring Season, 1 April 2004. URL accessed on 16 May 2013.
- Elwood, Philip, Loving Tribute for Higgins / Emotional riffs by Sanders, Lloyd, 22 March 2001. URL accessed on 16 May 2013.
- Elwood, Philip, Jazz Fest's Drum Summit, 28 Oct 1997. URL accessed on 16 May 2013.
- Jurek, Thom (2013-02-26). Hagar's Song - Charles Lloyd : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.
- Woodard, Josef (June 2008). Charles Lloyd. JazzTimes. Retrieved on 9 July 2013.
External links
- Official Website
- Jazz.com Biography
- Interview with Charles Lloyd
- Charles Lloyd on ECM Records
- Fotos Charles Lloyd Trio - Jazzit Salzburg April 2007
- Jazz Times interview
- [chriscomerradio.com/charles_lloyd/charles_lloyd11-14-2000.htm Radio Interview Charles Lloyd 2000]
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