Rabo de Nube
Ecm Records - Ecm Records
Release date: 2008-03-11
Audio CD
Jazz, Jazz / Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Music, Modern Creative, Pop, Post-Bop, United States of America
1. Prometheus
2. Migration Of Spirit
3. Booker s Garden
4. Ramanujan
5. La Colline de Monk
6. Sweet Georgia Bright
7. Rabo De Nube
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Rabo de Nube
Date undefinedI saw Charles Lloyd with this quartet last year so it was a real pleasure to find a live recording. He has done so much over the years, from his ever-popular Forest Flower to his recent foray with Zakir Hussain on Sangam. I'm not quite sure what amazon means by "first live quartet album," as he has recorded many live albums, including one of my favorites, A Night In Copenhagen, in 1983.
There are so many good things to say about this recording. It flows naturally and beautifully from start to finish with Lloyd never seeming to miss a beautiful note. He has to have one of the purest tones in jazz. Jason Moran is a wonderful addition to the quartet, replacing Geri Allen on piano. Eric Harland is first rate on drums and Reuben Rogers fills out the young rhythm section on bass. Lloyd presides over the group like a divining force, drawing on a rich legacy of music from the mighty Prometheus to the title song, Rabo de Nube. Lloyd seems a natural on the world stage as he has long had a global vision, having broken the iron curtain many years ago with his band in Tallinn (1970) that included Keith Jarrett and Jack de Johhnette.
Rabo de Nube
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charles lloyd exhibits generosity and grace in not bringing the musical proceedings to a halt after jason moran establishes his presence with his first note, and moran never lets up. jason moran is lloyd's prometheus and this is probably one of his finest recordings, after going down some dull roads jason moran is back on track. the virtuosity displayed on earlier solo performances and on his recording featuring sam rivers, finds its fit as part of charles lloyd's quartet in arrangements as evenly distributive of work by the four players as displayed by the members of coltrane's quartet on a love supreme. not that you need to time the solos of the players, given a listen the balance is evident.
on the second selection, migration of spirit, lloyd again evokes coltrane, in a different context, as player nodding to coltrane's rendition of nature boy, and his own rendition on jumping the creek of gloomy sunday.
included by the united states poet laureate, charles simic, is a poem in the linear notes entitled `two for lloyd', a title, i would guess, inspired by by archie shepp's four for trane and marion brown's three for shepp, simic's two quartets, the first composed in quatrains, reflecting a poetic formal homage of the musical group setting.
here, simic's on top, moran's on top, lloyd's on top, and the quartet's all it's should be. or, arguably, for those who like to argue about such matters, maybe not, in which case, i eagerly await their next recording. but come what may, this is the recording for now worth hearing and having.
Rabo de Nube
Date undefinedCharles Lloyd continues his musical (and spiritual) journey with a fine album as his group plays both for themselves and the listening audience. Not the warm groove of "Canto" or" Hymn to the Mother" but these are difficult times. There is an exquisiteness to his playing and the mix of sidemen is inspiring. Indeed many of the Lloyd alumni have gone on to fine careers of giving to us and the music.
