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The December 1999 sessions that produced The Water Is Wide yielded enough material for a second album. Hyperion With Higgins is the result, and its title reflects the sad fact that Billy Higgins, Lloyd's friend and soul mate and the session's drummer, passed away not long after the music was put to tape. The music's spiritual quality is heightened by the after-the-fact dedication. Quite unlike The Water Is Wide, Hyperion With Higgins is comprised entirely of Lloyd's original compositions, although the same lineup is featured: Lloyd, Higgins, John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, and Larry Grenadier. After a couple of fairly straightforward jazz pieces ("Dancing Waters, Big Sur to Bahia" and "Bharati"), the quintet delves into two longer works: "Secret Life of the Forbidden City" and the Coltrane-esque "Miss Jessye." They then romp through the title track, a spirited mid-tempo blues, before tackling the album's centerpiece: the five-part "Darkness on the Delta Suite," an ambitious, free-leaning melange of Eastern and rural blues connotations (with a brilliant solo interlude by Abercrombie). The last two pieces -- "Dervish on the Glory B" and "The Caravan Moves On" -- depart almost completely from jazz vernacular. The former recalls the upbeat, folk-like drone of the sunset portion of "Forest Flower," while the latter, featuring Lloyd on taragato, evokes not only the Middle Eastern desert, but also the inexorable march of time. Thus does a fitting homage to the departed Higgins conclude this exceptionally focused, all-original statement from Charles Lloyd.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
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Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Grenadier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Maracas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael C. Ross, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
The December 1999 sessions that produced The Water Is Wide yielded enough material for a second album. Hyperion With Higgins is the result, and its title reflects the sad fact that Billy Higgins, Lloyd's friend and soul mate and the session's drummer, passed away not long after the music was put to tape. The music's spiritual quality is heightened by the after-the-fact dedication. Quite unlike The Water Is Wide, Hyperion With Higgins is comprised entirely of Lloyd's original compositions, although the same lineup is featured: Lloyd, Higgins, John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, and Larry Grenadier. After a couple of fairly straightforward jazz pieces ("Dancing Waters, Big Sur to Bahia" and "Bharati"), the quintet delves into two longer works: "Secret Life of the Forbidden City" and the Coltrane-esque "Miss Jessye." They then romp through the title track, a spirited mid-tempo blues, before tackling the album's centerpiece: the five-part "Darkness on the Delta Suite," an ambitious, free-leaning melange of Eastern and rural blues connotations (with a brilliant solo interlude by Abercrombie). The last two pieces -- "Dervish on the Glory B" and "The Caravan Moves On" -- depart almost completely from jazz vernacular. The former recalls the upbeat, folk-like drone of the sunset portion of "Forest Flower," while the latter, featuring Lloyd on taragato, evokes not only the Middle Eastern desert, but also the inexorable march of time. Thus does a fitting homage to the departed Higgins conclude this exceptionally focused, all-original statement from Charles Lloyd.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:06
- Main artists: Charles Lloyd
- Composer: Charles Lloyd
- Label: ECM
- Genre: Jazz
© 2001 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2001 ECM Records GmbH
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