The Gap: Charles Lloyd

By Will Layman

Saxophonist Charles Lloyd enjoyed periods of critical acclaim, popular celebration, eccentric withdrawal, and general trivialization. He was easy to ignore if you came of jazz fan age after 1970, and that's a shame. [11 March 2008]

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Charles Lloyd with Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland: Sangam

By Daniel Spicer

The last of the great cosmic jazzmen takes a trip way out east with this exhilarating live recording. [1 May 2006]

Charles Lloyd: Jumping the Creek

By Robert R. Calder

Mostly one session too many, this session doesn't take itself lightly. As music, rather than an aid to meditation, it's short on original substance and long on repetition, stretching, exquisitely played padding. Inessential. [20 April 2005]

Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice

By Marshall Bowden

    Charles Lloyd: Hyperion with Higgins

By Maurice Bottomley

Charles Lloyd: The Water Is Wide

By Dave Heaton