CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET Dream Weaver LP NM '66 DeJohnette

Charles Lloyd Quartet Dream Weaver LPCategory / Style / Moods: * Hard Bop * Crossover Jazz * Avant-Garde Jazz * Post-Bop Moods Instruments * Amiable/ Good-Natured * Earthy * Confident * Sophisticated * Intimate * Cerebral * Flute * Sax (Tenor)[[$VALUE]] / [[$VALUEDATE]] [[$RATING]] asocc1966 US Atlantic SD 283 LPTITLE: Dream WeaverARTIST: Charles Lloyd QuartetCONDITIONVINYL: Near MintCOVER: VG++ to Near MintClick here for info on grading and abbreviationsHard to find original Stereo pressClick the pix for a better view Reviewby Thom JurekThe first studio date of the Charles Lloyd Quartet, with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette, was recorded and released just a few days before the band took both the European and American festival circuits by storm. First came Europe, which was just getting the disc as the band was tearing up its stages. While the live dates are now the stuff of legend, it's easy to overlook the recordings, but to do so would be a mistake. Dream Weaver is a fully realized project by a band -- a real band -- in which each member has a unique part of the whole to contribute. Jarrett's unusual piano style fits musically with Lloyd's lyricism in a way that it shouldn't. Jarrett was even then an iconoclast, playing harmonic figures from the inside out and relying on counterpoint to create new spaces, not fill them in. (Just listen to "Autumn Sequence," where his solos and his backing harmonics are equally strident and inventive as Lloyd's Eastern explorations of mood and mode.) And then there's the rhythm section of McBee and DeJohnette, whose modal inventions on the intervals make the "Dream Weaver" suite an exercise in open time, allowing all players to wander around inside it and take what they want out. The set closes with a group party jam on "Sombrero Sam," with Lloyd and Jarrett trading eights on a Cuban variation on a fantasia. There were no records like this one by new groups in 1966. Biographyby Scott Yanow During 1966-69 Charles Lloyd led one of the most popular groups in jazz, a unit that played at the rock palace Fillmore West in San Francisco and toured the U.S.S.R. Lloyd's music, although generally a bit melodic, was not watered-down and managed to catch on for several years during a time when jazz was at its low point in popularity. Lloyd played locally in Memphis (including with B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland) and then in the mid-'50s moved to Los Angeles to attend USC. During his six years in L.A., he gigged around town and played alto with Gerald Wilson's Orchestra. In 1961 he joined the Chico Hamilton Quintet on flute and tenor, making his recording debut and gaining a strong reputation. During 1964-65 he was with the Cannonball Adderley Sextet and then in mid-1965 formed his own group. By 1966 the Charles Lloyd Quartet included Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee (who was later succeeded by Ron McClure) and Jack DeJohnette and the band was the hit of the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, recorded steadily, toured Europe six times and was remarkably popular. Lloyd, whose most famous composition is "Forest Flower," played tenor in a soft-toned version of John Coltrane while his lyrical flute playing is more original. After his group changed personnel in 1969, Lloyd gradually faded out of music, becoming a teacher of transcendental meditation. The few records he made in the 1970s were quite spiritual and bordered on new age. However pianist Michel Petrucciani looked Lloyd up in the early '80s and persuaded him to return to active playing. For a period Petrucciani was in his quartet. By the late '80s Lloyd had a new group with pianist Bobo Stenson, bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen that regularly recorded for ECM. Charles Lloyd, whose style remains virtually unchanged from the 1960s, has recorded as a leader for Columbia, Atlantic, Kapp, ATracks1 . Autumn Sequence Kosma, Lloyd, Mercer, Prevert 11:59Composed by:Kosma, Lloyd, Mercer, PrevertPerformed by:Charles Lloyd 2 . Dream Weaver Lloyd 11:33Composed by:LloydPerformed by:Charles Lloyd 3 . Bird Flight Lloyd 9:08Composed by:LloydPerformed by:Charles Lloyd 4 . Love Ship Lloyd 5:53Composed by:LloydPerformed by:Charles Lloyd 5 . Sombrero Sam Lloyd 5:13Composed by:LloydPerformed by:Charles LloydReleases.This exquisite piece of retro music history is a vinyl sound recording (not a CD). Please visit the A Sound Deal store for similar items and information on grading and shipping. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$! Click here to check the store for more!©A Sound Deal