Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri live at JazzFest Berlin 2011

Charles Lloyd saxophone, flute, tarogato
Maria Farantouri vocals
Jason Moran piano
Reuben Rogers bass
Eric Harland drums
Socratis Sinopoulos lyra

recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage, November 6, 2011

1. Blow Mind
2. Dream Weaver
3. Beyond Darknessn
4. Se pater kosmon
5. Medley: Vielfaro mou/Thalassaki Mou/Margaritenia/
Alismono/Tou Hel'to Kastron/Requiem/Yanni Mou
6. Prayer

The power, depth and beauty of music can transcend language and cultural differences. Charles Lloyd and Maria Farantouri are both independent, iconic figures in their respective worlds of music: American jazz and the classical music of Greece. When Lloyd and Farantouri met in the fall of 2002, they recognized the one in the other, a fellow soul pursuing a life using music as a means to inspire and elevate other fellow souls on the road to freedom.

The Berlin Jazzfestival line-up features, alongside the singer and the saxophonist’s all-star Charles Lloyd New Quartet, greek lyre player Socratis Silopoulos. Their album “Athens Concert” was recorded in 2010 and released this year on ECM.

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2010

Charles Lloyd - Saxophones, Flute
Jason Moran - Piano
Reuben Rogers - Bass
Eric Harland - Drums
recorded live at Konzertscheune Salzau, July 3, 2010

1. Hymn To The Mother (Charles Lloyd)
2. Ramanujan (Charles Lloyd)
3. Dream Weaver (Charles Lloyd)
4. Blow Wind (Charles Lloyd)
5. Booker's Garden (Charles Lloyd)
6. Rabo de Nube (Charles Lloyd)

Similar to the 2007 live CD Rabo de Nube (ECM records) this concert here features tender ballads, including the title track, Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodríguez’s “Rabo de Nube” (“tail of a cloud”), a mountaintop meditation with the tarogato (“Ramanujan”), a tribute to Booker Little, and more. 

Charles Lloyd New Quartet live at Kulturetage Oldenburg 2010/ 2000

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax, flute
Jason Moran, piano
Reuben Rogers, bass
Eric Harland, drums
recorded live at Kulturetage Oldenburg, November 28, 2010

1. Introduction
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily (M.: Jule Styne, T.: Sammy Cahn)
3. Dream Weaver: I. Meditation, II. Dervish Dance (Charles Lloyd)
4. Caroline No (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
5. Third Floor Richard (Charles Lloyd)
6. The Water Is Wide (Trad.)
7. Lift Every Voice And Sing (M.: J. Rosamond Johnson, T.: James Welson Johnson)
8. Come Sunday (Duke Ellington)
9. Tagi (Charles Lloyd)

Charles Lloyd has always led exceptional bands, and this is one of the finest. Following on from the live album “Rabo de Nube” which won both the Readers and Critics Polls of Jazz Times, he released his latest studio album "Mirror" featuring the quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. Familiar material is reappraised and transformed in this session recorded in California in December 2009.

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax
John Abercrombie, guitar
Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, bass
Tony Austin, drums

recorded live at PFL, Oldenburg, May 18, 2000

1. Prayer (Charles Lloyd)
2. God Give Me Strength (Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach)
3. Voice In The Night (Charles Lloyd)

This part of a concert recorded 10 years earlier than the concert above serves as a kind of encore, featuring here another rendition of the Charles Lloyd Quartet with guitar legend John Abercrombie.

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at the Tollhaus, Karlsruhe 2003

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax, flute, tarogato
Geri Allen, piano
Robert Hurst, bass
Eric Harland, drums

recorded live at the Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 10, 2003

Tracklist:
1. Tone Poem
2. Little Peace
3. Hurley Gurley

This is the final post of my little Charles Lloyd special. Geri Allen participated also in the recording of "Lift Every Voice", released on ECM.

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2001

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax

John Abercrombie, guitar
Marc Johnson, bass
Billy Hart, drums

recorded live at Leverkusener Jazztage, 2001
Tracklist:
1. ?
2. Prayer
3. The Caravan Moves On
4. Georgia

Have a try on "The Water Is Wide", released on ECM

Charles Lloyd Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2000

Charles Lloyd, tenor sax
John Abercrombie, guitar
Marc Johnson, bass
Billy Hart, drums

recorded live at Jazz Baltica, Salzau, Germany, July 10, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Prayer
2. Solta
3. When Miss Jessie Sings
4. God Give Me Strength

Look also for the great record "Voice In The Night" on ECM records