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  • ECM: somehow it’s personal

    In 1969 I was listening to the Incredible String Band and Jimi Hendrix, but also Charles Lloyd and H

  • Jazz Flower Power: the Charles Lloyd Quartet

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  • Jazz Flower Power: the Charles Lloyd Quartet

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    • Biography Charles Lloyd

    Charles Lloyd
    Charles Lloyd (March 15 1938-) is an American jazz musician. Though he primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute, he has also occasionally recorded on alto saxophone and more exotic reed instruments. Lloyd's saxophone playing is often characterized as an individualized, lighter-toned variant of John Coltrane's style. His best known composition is "Forest Flower". Lloyd was born in Memphis, Tennessee. From an early age, he was immersed in that city's rich musical life and was exposed to jazz. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and took lessons from pianist Phineas Newborn. One of his close friends was trumpeter Booker Little. Lloyd became a sideman in the blues bands of B. B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Bobby "Blue" Bland and others. In 1956 Lloyd moved to Los Angeles and earned a music degree from the University of Southern California. That city's fertile music scene included Buddy Collette, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Charlie Ha

    Discography

    Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture
    Afterglow: Music From The Motion Picture


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