Charles Lloyd Trios: Chapel Vinyl LP 2022

Tracklist:

1. Bloodcount
2. Song My Lady Sings
3. Ay Amor
4. Beyond Darkness
5. Dorotea’s Studio

Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than six decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains both at the height of his powers and as prolific as ever. Early on Lloyd saw how placing the improvised solo in interesting and original contexts could provoke greater freedom of expression and inspire creativity. And while he has recorded many classics of jazz in a piano, bass, and drums combination the latest Passin Thru from 2017 all the while he has been open to, and has searched for, alternative ways to frame his improvisational skills.

This has formed a fascinating counterpoint to his work with his quartet; a few examples might include his early days in Memphis when he regularly jammed with pedal steel