Name: Charles Lloyd Sky Trio (Featuring Brian Blade & Larry Grenadier)
Start: 2024-06-02T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

Charles Lloyd Sky Trio (Featuring Brian Blade & Larry Grenadier)

𝐍𝐄𝐀 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐃 will grace the stage at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club with his Acclaimed SKY TRIO on 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. 𝐿𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑’𝑠 𝑆𝑘𝑦 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 2𝑥-𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝐴𝑅𝑅𝑌 𝐺𝑅𝐸𝑁𝐴𝐷𝐼𝐸𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑥-𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑-𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 & 13𝑥-𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝐵𝐿𝐴𝐷𝐸!! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝐸𝑊 𝑌𝑂𝑅𝐾 𝑇𝐼𝑀𝐸𝑆 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒, "𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡-𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠..." 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑂𝑊𝑁𝐵𝐸𝐴𝑇 𝑀𝐴𝐺𝐴𝑍𝐼𝑁𝐸 𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠, "𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧.” (𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑻𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮!!)
"𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔, 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.”
— 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁𝑾𝑰𝑺𝑬
"𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒙𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒐𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩.𝑩. 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝑩𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅 – 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄."
— 𝑵𝑷𝑹
"𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓-𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔"
— 𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑵𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
“𝑴𝒓. 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.”
— 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒀𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺
𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 ‘𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓: 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒚’ (1966) 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔!!
𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2021 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄'𝒔 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒍 "𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒙𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓" 𝒂𝒏𝒅 “𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓.”
𝑰𝒏 2023, 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄’𝒔 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒍 “𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒙𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 “𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅.”
"𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒚, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 "𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘."
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁
𝐍𝐄𝐀 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐃, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. The depth of his sound reflects a lifetime of experience. His concerts and recordings are events of pristine beauty and elegance, full of intensely felt emotion and passion that touches deep inside the heart. This is not entertainment, but the powerful uncorrupted expression of beauty through music. When music vibrates, the soul vibrates and touches the spirit within.
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟗. He was riveted to 1940’s radio broadcasts by Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington. His closest childhood friend was the great trumpeter Booker Little. As a teenager Lloyd played jazz with saxophonist George Coleman and was a sideman for blues greats Johnny Ace, Bobby Blue Bland, Howlin’ Wolf and BB King.
𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝. In 1956 he left Memphis for Los Angeles to earn a degree in music at USC where he studied with Halsey Stevens, a foremost Bartók authority. While his days were spent in academia, Lloyd spent nights getting educated on the job in L.A.’s jazz clubs, playing with Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, Scott La Faro, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson and other leading west coast jazz artists. He also was a member of the Gerald Wilson big band.
𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎, 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐬’𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝. The Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo and bassist Albert “Sparky” Stinson soon joined Lloyd in the band. Hamilton’s most memorable albums for Impulse Records, ‘Passin’ Thru’ and ‘Man from Two Worlds’, featured music arranged and written almost entirely by Lloyd, and during this period of prolific composing he was also finding his unique voice as a saxophonist.
𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐙𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬. He remained with Cannonball for two years, and to this day continues to acknowledge the important role Cannon played in his own development as a leader. In 1964, Lloyd signed with CBS Records and began to record as a leader. His Columbia recordings, ‘Discovery’ (1964), and ‘Of Course, Of Course’ (1965), featured sidemen including Roy Haynes and Tony Williams on drums, Richard Davis and Ron Carter on bass, Gabor Szabo on guitar and Don Friedman on piano, and led to his being voted Downbeat Magazine’s “New Star.”
𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭, 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭, 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐜𝐁𝐞𝐞. Their first release together was a studio recording, ‘Dream Weaver’, followed by ‘Forest Flower: Live at Monterey’ (1966). ‘Forest Flower’ made history as one of the first jazz recordings to sell a million copies, and the album’s firsts continued as it became a stunning crossover success that appealed to popular, mass market, audiences and gained heavy airplay on FM radio. The Quartet was the first jazz group to appear at the famed Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and other rock palaces and shared billing with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Cream, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.
𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 “𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. The Charles Lloyd Quartet found a warm reception in Europe at the new jazz festivals in Montreux, Antibes, and Molde. Its performances in the Far East, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc nations of Europe often marked the first time these audiences had heard an American jazz group live.
𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 “𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬.” From the moment he first came to prominence as the young music director of the Chico Hamilton Quintet in 1960, Lloyd began to take audiences on journeys that traversed enormous distances. Over nearly five decades, his compositions have punctuated the post-bop period, embraced the traditional music of a host of world cultures and enlivened the psychedelic 1960s with avant-garde improvisation.
𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎, 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐚𝐜, 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐨. Despite recording several albums during the 1970s and occasionally appearing as a sideman with various rock groups, 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.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟏𝟖-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐫. Lloyd was compelled to help introduce this gifted artist to the world. This led to U.S., European and Japanese tours in 1982 and 1983 with Petrucciani on piano, Palle Danielsson on bass and drummer Son Ship Theus. British jazz critic Brian Case called Lloyd’s return “one of the events of the 1980s.”
𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐂𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, ‘𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫’ 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗. The project marked the beginning of a new wave of Lloyd compositions and recordings. More than twenty years later, he is still with the label, and still in search of the “sound” and the truth. From 1989, Lloyd toured actively and recorded for the ECM label. 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, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. Charles Lloyd brought great consistency and creativity to his period with ECM, much of his music containing a strong spiritual and world music element, as can be heard on the duo recording “Which Way Is East” with his longtime friend and musical soul mate, Billy Higgins. “Rabo de Nube”, captured “live” at its inception, and was voted #1 recording for the 2008 Jazz Times Reader’s and Critic’s Poll. ‘Mirror’ (2010) has already been called a “Charles Lloyd classic.”
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟕𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥. Lloyd and Jason Moran were commissioned by Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet to compose the score for a new ballet, “Azoth” which had its world premiere in October 1, 2019.
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 “𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬” 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗. Now in his 80’s, Lloyd remains a vital and creative force in the world of music and arts!
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