Check out athens concert by charles lloyd and maria farantouri on amazon music. Charles lloyd and maria farantouri transformed the material into a new contemporary soothing sound. Jason moran piano, reuben rogers bass and eric harland on drums, obscured, village vanguard, nyc in march 2015. Charles lloyd new quartet and friends at the temple of. Stream athens concert by charles lloyd and maria farantouri and tens of. Athens concert is a live album by jazz saxophonist charles lloyd and the greek singer maria farantouri.
Legendary saxophonist lloyd finds new life in new quartet. Recorded in 2010 by the charles lloyd quartet with maria farantouri and released on the ecm label. He celebrated his 75th birthday with concerts in the temple of dendur at the metropolitan museum and the kennedy center concert hall. Each time we play together there is a healing wholeness that permeates the atmosphere.
Charles lloyd returns to the stage that spawned his greatest work. Search results for charles lloyd between sound and. Not that lloyd, who plays sanders theatre thursday with his new quartet with jason moran, reuben rogers, and eric harland, thinks of his journey in such epic terms. The charles lloyd quartet biography, albums, streaming. Charles lloyd new quartet plays national concert hall, dublin, 18. Rather, he lets the high notes crack, lest they distract us from the healing taking place beneath them. Jason moran, maria farantouri, reuben rogers, socratis sinopoulos post navigation. A deeply meditative and tender new album by the charles lloyd quartet is released just days after this issue hits the streets.
The charles lloyd new quartet will be playing in seattle, wa, sunday december 6, 2009 at town. Mirror 2010 athens concert 2011 hagars song 20 athens concert is a live album by jazz saxophonist charles lloyd and the greek singer maria farantouri. Posted on july 2, 2015 february 8, 2016 by livejazzlounge. Charles lloyd born march 15, 1938 is an american jazz musician. That was how charles lloyd expressed what it felt like to stand before the temple of dendur. Find the charles lloyd quartet song information on allmusic. Lloyds brilliant quartet is on hand with jason moran in especially. Charles lloyd new quartet and friends at the temple of dendur.
Stan getz quartet, gary burton has played a founding role in the birth of jazz. Listen to athens concertby charles lloyd maria farantouri on slacker radio, where you can also create personalized internet radio stations based on your favorite albums, artists and songs. Charles lloyd is almost guaranteed to sidestep expectation with each new release, but this is undoubtedly one of his boldest and most personal recordings to date. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute, he has also occasionally recorded on alto saxophone and more exotic reed instruments.
Charles lloyd maria farantouri athens concert 2011. He confesses the quartet rehearsed a lot for the arrangement of new pieces. Whether in context of my new quaret with jason moran, reuben rogers, and eric harland, or sangam, with zakir hussain and eric harland, or with maria farantouri, it gives me great joy to make music with each of them. Charles lloyd quartet music, videos, stats, and photos. Charles lloyd was voted jazz artist of the year in 1967 by down beat magazine. It is a most powerful form of communication and expression of beauty.
Historic concert at the odeon of herodes atticus on june 4, 2010. Charles lloyd draws from a seemingly inexhaustible well of creativityhe has never sounded better, and. Moran, too, has rarely sounded this good, his firm touch belying lithe lyricism and quirky idiosyncrasies. And when farantouri sings in tandem with lloyd on the tranquil spiritual, prayer, the two interweaving voices seem made for each other. Charles lloyd and maria farantouri concerts in the us. Charles lloyd and maria farantouri, the athens concert on.
Lloyd s band since 2007 includes pianist jason moran, bassist reuben rogers, and drummer eric harland. Charles lloyd quartet a night in copenhagen blue note cdp 0777 7 85104 2 0 charles lloyd, tenor sax, flute, chinese oboe. Maria farantouri voice charles lloyd saxophone, flute, tarogato. On passin thru, his quartet delivers a truckload of joy, grit, grace, and passion. Charles lloyd and the marvels featuring bill frisell, greg leisz, reuben rogers, eric harland and special guest, lucinda williams. A regional premiere, it screens on friday, april 12. Find album release information for athens concert maria farantouri, charles lloyd, the charles lloyd quartet on allmusic. Acoustic masters i 1993 the call 1993 all my relations 1995 the call is an album by jazz saxophonist charles lloyd recorded in july 1993 by lloyd with bobo stenson, anders jormin, and. Dream weaver is the third album by jazz saxophonist charles lloyd, his first released on the atlantic label, and the first recordings by the charles lloyd quartet featuring keith jarrett, cecil mcbee and jack dejohnette. Charles lloyd, maria farantouri, jason moran, reuben rogers, eric. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the charles lloyd quartet at the discogs marketplace.
Charles lloyd new quartet featuring jason moran, reuben rogers. The iconic saxophonist and recent nea jazz master is in the company of a new band featuring guitarist, bill frisell and pedal steel master, greg leisz, along with his longtime quartet members bassist, reuben. Athens concert by charles lloyd and maria farantouri on. Explore releases from the charles lloyd quartet at discogs.
Recorded at the foot of the acropolis, at the open air odeon of herodes atticus, on a summer night last year, athens concert is an entrancing collaboration between charles lloyd, uniquely expressive us saxophonist, and maria farantouri, venerable greece vocalist the soul of greece for many listeners. Carlos santana follow the career of charles lloyd, and you see a map of great jazz across half a century. Jazz improvisation as complex and farreaching as the lloyd quartet had to offer can be. Lloyd s saxophone playing is often characterized as an individualized, lightertoned variant of john coltranes style. The iconic saxophonist and recent nea jazz master is in the company of a new band featuring guitarist, bill frisell and pedal steel master, greg leisz, along with his longtime quartet members bassist, reuben rogers and drummer, eric harland. Chemistry is an elusive thing, but this quartet has it in spades. Enter your email address to sign up to the weekly london jazz newsletter. Charles lloyd quartet jazz baltica, salzau, july 2010. Lloyd and farantouri are joined by jason moran, reuben rogers, eric harland, sokratis sinopoulos and takis farazis to perform lloyd originals along with a byzantine prayer, traditional and contemporary songs of greece and compositions by mikis theodorakis. Charles lloyd, tenor saxophone, alto flute, tarogato maria farantouri, vocals jason moran, piano reuben rogers, bass eric harland, drums sokratis sinopoulos, lyra alicia hall moran, vocals. Charles lloyd new quartet hymn to the mother youtube. Maria farantouri charles lloyd the charles lloyd quartet. Charles lloyd and maria farantouri athens concert excerpt. Charles lloyd and the marvels featuring bill frisell, greg leisz, reuben rogers, eric harland.
Find the charles lloyd quartet credit information on allmusic allmusic. For the london leg of his 75th birthday celebrations, charles lloyd is joined by a particularly significant friend, greek vocalist maria farantouri, former singer for. Titled mirror it is an album imbued with a lot of love, containing many of the distilled musical and life experiences of charles lloyd, one of the great figures. Charles lloyd, maria farantouri, jason moran, reuben.
Charles lloyd new quartet and friends with special guest maria farantouri march 15, 20 7. Whether in context of my new quartet with jason moran, reuben rogers, and eric harland, or sangam, with zakir hussain and eric harland, and more recently with maria farantouri, it gives me great joy to make music with each of them. Charles lloyd quartet with maria farantouri jazzfest berlin, november 2011. Provided to youtube by universal music group ive kept a hold on my life charles lloyd maria farantouri athens concert. Blasphemous to some, perhaps, but lloyds socalled new quartetno longer exactly new, since pianist jason moran, joined existing. His shows, full of momentum and intuition, perfectly represent the idea that the best jazz needs to be experienced. Charles lloyd new quartet jazzaldia, donostia, july 2017. A new ecm album features charles lloyd s stellar quartet with jason moran, reuben rogers and eric harland, performing live with the greek singer maria farantouri at the ancient theatre of herodes atticus, downhill from the parthenon in athens. Athens concert maria farantouri, charles lloyd, the.
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