If you want to hear a jazz album that’s surely going to win a Grammy this year, put on Charles Lloyd’s Figure in Blue (Blue Note).
Was wondering about whether to get this
Thanks for posting!
Heartily seconding your endorsement of this album and Lloyd generally!
"Song My Lady Sings” has long been my favorite of Lloyd’s pieces. It’s been recorded numerous times. Here are two versions I like:
Lloyd with Gabor Szabo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2MTpRbQMO0
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, 1964:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AohuTgiuh9E
The Adderley Sextet version of “Lady” has solos by the Adderley brothers and Zawinul. I suspect that Lloyd’s solo was edited out. Here’s a video with a faster, shorter version and a solo by Lloyd that is his best I’ve heard on this tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVpPuxDm1o
This is my favorite of Lloyd's ballad recordings::
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, 1964—“Do You Love Me?”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1B_2g9nGJs&list=OLAK5uy_nR931VJH9PUuodxSBTM9kPSwjtsU71C-E
Excellent. Thanks so much, Bill. Most insightful, as always.
Was wondering about whether to get this
Thanks for posting!
Heartily seconding your endorsement of this album and Lloyd generally!
"Song My Lady Sings” has long been my favorite of Lloyd’s pieces. It’s been recorded numerous times. Here are two versions I like:
Lloyd with Gabor Szabo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2MTpRbQMO0
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, 1964:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AohuTgiuh9E
The Adderley Sextet version of “Lady” has solos by the Adderley brothers and Zawinul. I suspect that Lloyd’s solo was edited out. Here’s a video with a faster, shorter version and a solo by Lloyd that is his best I’ve heard on this tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVpPuxDm1o
This is my favorite of Lloyd's ballad recordings::
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, 1964—“Do You Love Me?”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1B_2g9nGJs&list=OLAK5uy_nR931VJH9PUuodxSBTM9kPSwjtsU71C-E
Excellent. Thanks so much, Bill. Most insightful, as always.