The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. The depth of his expression reflects a lifetime of experience. Lloyd has a legendary history in the music world, and could certainly be in a position to slow down and rest on his laurels. But looking back has never been of great interest to this tender warrior; “Go forward,” is his motto, as he keeps shifting to a higher, well calibrated gear. In 2015 he became a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. In 2016 he was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
His concerts and recordings are events of pristine beauty and elegance, full of intensely felt emotion and passion that touches deep inside the heart. This is not entertainment, but the powerful uncorrupted expression of beauty through music. When music vibrates, the soul vibrates and touches the spirit within.
His latest recording for Blue Note, "I Long To See You" features Bill Frisell on guitar, Reuben Rogers on bass, Eric Harland on drums, and Greg Leisz on steel guitar.
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Jazztopad Festival
Charles Lloyd – premiere: Red Waters, Black Sky
25.11.2017
Sat.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Programme:
Ch. Lloyd Red Waters, Black Sky (premiere)
This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Performers:
Charles Lloyd – saxophone
Bill Frisell – guitar
Greg Leisz – mandolin, guitar
Harish Raghavan – double bass
Kendrick Scott – percussion
Lutosławski Quartet:
Bartosz Woroch – 1st violin
Marcin Markowicz 2nd violin
Artur Rozmysłowicz – viola
Maciej Młodawski – cello
NFM Choir
Izabela Polakowska-Rybska – coach to the choir
Tickets:
from 45 to 150 zł