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.

SFJAZZ Collective live at Jazzclub „Unterfahrt“ Munich 2010

Miguel Zenón (Alto Saxophone, Flute)
Mark Turner (Tenor Saxophone)
Avishai Cohen (Trumpet)
Robin Eubanks (Trombone)
Ed Simon (Piano)
Stefon Harris (Vibraphone)
Matt Penman (Bass)
Eric Harland (Drums)

recorded live at Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich/ Germany, March 10, 2010

1. "Senor Blues" (Horace Silver)
2. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver)
3. "The mystery of water" (Miguel Zenón)
4. "Suite for Ward Martin Tavares" (Avishai Cohen)
5. "Cape Verdean Blues" (Horace Silver)
6. "The Lady from Johannesburg" (Horace Silver)
7. "Brother Sister II" (Mark Turner)
8. "Song for my father" (Horace Silver)

The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ—the West Coast’s largest nonprofit jazz institution and the presenter of the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival—the Collective has quickly become one of the most exciting and acclaimed groups on the American and international jazz scenes. As The New York Times hailed the Collective upon its debut: “A serious jazz band rises in San Francisco.”
In addition to its outstanding line-up, the SFJAZZ Collective has been praised for its innovative approach to repertoire. Each year, the ensemble performs an entirely new list of compositions by a modern jazz master and new pieces by the Collective members
After exploring the work of Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), and McCoy Tyner (2009), the Collective takes on hard-bop composer and pianist Horace Silver for its 2010 season. The co-founder of the Jazz Messengers (with Art Blakey), and the leader on countless classic Blue Note sessions, Silver stands as one of the singular voices in jazz history.
Each program has been released on CD, available from SF Jazz.

Overtone Quartet feat. Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Eric Harland live at Jazzfest Berlin 2009 -UPDATE No.2!!!

Chris Potter · tenor + alto saxophone

Jason Moran · piano, Fender Rhodes
Dave Holland · bass
Eric Harland · drums

Recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage, November 6, 2009

1. Step To It (Holland)
2. Gummy Moon (Moran)
3. Treachery (Harland)
4. Veil of Tears (Holland)
5. Ask Me Why (Potter) (New!)
6. Blue Blocks (Moran)

For more than four decades, three-time Grammy winner Dave Holland “has defined the best in jazz” (JazzTimes), commanding attention as few bassists ever have. A musician of profound imagination and sophistication, he brings together an extraordinary quartet, collaborating with acknowledged masters of the next generation, each an innovator, respecting a legacy of creative freedom. Grammy-nominated saxophone impresario Chris Potter, 39, is characterized by limitless creativity, a vibrant sense of swing, and a full awareness of past, present, and future. Genre-bending pianist Jason Moran, 34 –influenced by opera, classical and world music, and even rap– performs music that's “serious and directed, and some of the best live jazz around now” (The New York Times). Virtuosic drummer Eric Harland, 33, is one of the most in-demand and praised jazz drummers in the world, with more than 30 albums under his belt.
Dave Holland´s latest record called "Pass It On" was released on Dare2Records.

SF Jazz Collective live at Jazzbaltica 2007

SF Jazz Collective

Miguel Zenón (f, as)
Joe Lovano (ts)
Dave Douglas (t)
André Hayward (tb)
Stefon Harris (vib)
Renee Rosnes (p)
Matt Penman (b)
Eric Harland (d)

recorded live at Große Konzertscheune, Salzau, Germany, July 1, 2007

Tracklist:
1. Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) / arr: Renee Rosnes
2. San Francisco Holiday [aka Worry Later] (Thelonious Monk) / arr: Miguel Zenón
3. Criss Cross (Thelonious Monk) / arr: Dave Douglas
4. Haast Pass (Matt Penman)
5. Oska T. (Thelonious Monk) / arr: Renee Rosnes
6. Alcatraz (Dave Douglas)/ Amoeba (Dave Douglas)
7. Assisi (Dave Douglas)
8. Peace Offering (André Hayward)
9. Union (Eric Harland)

In 2007 the SF Jazz Collective did its 4th annual concert tour, featuring a repertoire including the work of Thelonious Monk and original compositions by group members. As always they released a very hard to find record, due to its limited edition (3000 copies only!!).

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.

McCoy Tyner Quartet live at Jazz Baltica 2002

McCoy Tyner, piano
Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone
Stefano DiBattista, saxophones
Charnett Moffett, bass
Eric Harland, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Moments Notice
2. Contemplation
3. I Should Care
4. Impressions
5. Forgive Me Blues
6. Naima
7. African Village
8. Promise

You can find more music by McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson on the 2003 album "Land of Giants", released on Telarc.