CHARLES LLOYD - VOICE IN THE NIGHT (1999)
Thursday, 9. November 2006, 07:51:01
File Under: Cool Jazz8,5/10
Charles Lloyd teams with a different band here, replacing Bobo Stenson's piano with John Abercrombie's guitar, bassist Anders Jormin with Dave Holland, and drummer Billy Hart with Billy Higgins. The title references the feeling on the album in that Lloyd was going for more of a jazz sound, something more basic and lyrical as opposed to exotic and unusual. Of the eight tunes here, six are Lloyd originals, one is a cover of the Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach hit God Give Me Strength, and one is the Billy Strayhorn classic, A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing, which follows a gorgeous reprise of Lloyd's own Forest Flower from the '60s. The Costello/Bacharach tune is the most telling for this band in that they take a standard pop melody and turn it into a modal exploration of harmony and chromatic invention. As Lloyd plays variations on the melody, the band turns one harmonic sequence into a pillar from Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things and back. The Forest Flower suite is awesome. The interplay between Lloyd and Abercrombie is fully realized as they trade flatted sevenths and then Abercrombie moves into augmented ninths and diminished sixths before both Lloyd and he solo against the harmonic body of the tune while retaining its melodic sensibility. It's just breathtaking.
musicians: John Abercrombie Guitar, Guitar (Baritone) / Billy Higgins Percussion, Drums / Dave Holland Double Bass / Charles Lloyd Sax (Tenor)
01 - Voice in the Night (6:30)
02 - God Give Me Strength (4:45)
03 - Dorotea's Studio (7:47)
04 - Requiem (5:57)
05 - Pocket Full of Blues (11:41)
06 - Homage (9:26)
07 - Forest Flower: Sunrise/Sunset (15:22)
08 - A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (6:49)
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By anonymous user, # 13. November 2006, 15:59:28
Thanks a lot! Great blog. I shall miss you.
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By anonymous user, # 26. November 2006, 21:08:39
The decompression failed on my download...
Thanks Stefan
By anonymous user, # 29. April 2008, 20:44:04
In case you did, all you have to do is download the file again...
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 29. April 2008, 20:55:28
Maybe my internet went down during the download...that makes sense. Because I did not get the password prompt. Just a ZIP icon on my desktop....
I will attempt to download again.
I have been turned on to some great tunes here, namely Henri Salvidor and Kora Jazz trio
By anonymous user, # 29. April 2008, 21:35:53
i tried a third time and the zip file says decompression failed. i did get the password prompt again.
thanks for all the music writing and postings....
By anonymous user, # 29. April 2008, 23:51:06
I've tried downloading the file and decompressing it, it worked perfectly!
Do you use winrar to decompress? If not, that might be why you had problems... I suggest you try that.
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 30. April 2008, 03:09:20