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Mirror

Charles Lloyd Quartet

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When Charles Lloyd showcased his quartet in a live setting on 2008's Rabo de Nube, it was one of the more exciting, free-flowing dates of that year. It was physical, full of intense engagement and fiery energy. On that date, he performed a number of tunes he'd recorded before, along with new compositions. Mirror, recorded with the same band -- drummer Eric Harland, pianist Jason Moran, and bassist Reuben Rogers -- in a Santa Barbara studio, is, as the title suggests, a mirror image of the previous outing. Here too, the saxophonist revisits some older material with, thanks in large part to his sidemen, new ears. The material is mostly gently swinging ballads and outré investigations showcasing an even more spiritual side to Lloyd's playing and arranging. But it also displays the great intuitive nuances this band is capable of. While the set opens with an elegant and gently swinging reading of the standard "I Fall in Love Too Easily," it's the follow-up, the spiritual "Go Down Moses," that showcases the group's persona with its modal, questioning concerns, while keeping the tune firmly in the church. The title track appeared on 1989's Canto, and is here performed with the kind of deep commitment and sense of interdependent energy only time and wisdom can impart. Another tune from that album, "Desolation Sound," while still a ballad, features a lot more engagement from the players here: Moran's solo looks in and through the changes to find a way outside and gets there. Harland's shimmering breaks add more crackle than on the original. Likewise, "The Water Is Wide" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" are performed, in their restrained way, more energetically than they were on their respective albums. One of Mirror's great surprises is a tender reading of the Beach Boys' "Caroline, No." While the melody is inescapable, Lloyd very quickly transforms it into a jazz ballad of haunting, romantic beauty. On a pair of Monk tunes here -- "Ruby, My Dear" and "Monk's Mood" -- Moran's own musical personality is given free rein. He expresses it with his deft senses of rhythmic and harmonic intuition, underscoring unexpected phrases and elaborating on others. Ultimately, Mirror is another Lloyd triumph. It may not shake the rafters with its kinetics, but it does dazzle with the utterly symbiotic interplay between leader and sidemen.

© Thom Jurek /TiVo

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1
I Fall in Love Too Easily
00:04:58

Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

2
Go Down Moses
00:06:03

Traditional, Composer - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

3
Desolation Sound
00:07:04

Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

4
La llorona
00:05:36

Traditional, Composer - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

5
Caroline, No
00:04:05

Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Brian Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

6
Monk's Mood
00:05:02

Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

7
Mirror
00:06:44

Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

8
Ruby, My Dear
00:05:27

Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

9
The Water Is Wide
00:07:20

Traditional, Composer - Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

10
Lift Every Voice And Sing
00:04:28

Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnson J.R. Oatman, Composer - J.W. Johnson, Composer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

11
Being And Becoming, Road To Dakshineshwar With Sangeeta
00:07:03

Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

12
Tagi
00:09:17

Charles Lloyd Quartet, MainArtist - Charles Lloyd, Composer, Producer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Voice, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Moran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Rogers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Harland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dominic Camardella, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Darr, Producer - Adam Camardella, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2010 ECM Records GmbH

Albumbeschreibung

When Charles Lloyd showcased his quartet in a live setting on 2008's Rabo de Nube, it was one of the more exciting, free-flowing dates of that year. It was physical, full of intense engagement and fiery energy. On that date, he performed a number of tunes he'd recorded before, along with new compositions. Mirror, recorded with the same band -- drummer Eric Harland, pianist Jason Moran, and bassist Reuben Rogers -- in a Santa Barbara studio, is, as the title suggests, a mirror image of the previous outing. Here too, the saxophonist revisits some older material with, thanks in large part to his sidemen, new ears. The material is mostly gently swinging ballads and outré investigations showcasing an even more spiritual side to Lloyd's playing and arranging. But it also displays the great intuitive nuances this band is capable of. While the set opens with an elegant and gently swinging reading of the standard "I Fall in Love Too Easily," it's the follow-up, the spiritual "Go Down Moses," that showcases the group's persona with its modal, questioning concerns, while keeping the tune firmly in the church. The title track appeared on 1989's Canto, and is here performed with the kind of deep commitment and sense of interdependent energy only time and wisdom can impart. Another tune from that album, "Desolation Sound," while still a ballad, features a lot more engagement from the players here: Moran's solo looks in and through the changes to find a way outside and gets there. Harland's shimmering breaks add more crackle than on the original. Likewise, "The Water Is Wide" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" are performed, in their restrained way, more energetically than they were on their respective albums. One of Mirror's great surprises is a tender reading of the Beach Boys' "Caroline, No." While the melody is inescapable, Lloyd very quickly transforms it into a jazz ballad of haunting, romantic beauty. On a pair of Monk tunes here -- "Ruby, My Dear" and "Monk's Mood" -- Moran's own musical personality is given free rein. He expresses it with his deft senses of rhythmic and harmonic intuition, underscoring unexpected phrases and elaborating on others. Ultimately, Mirror is another Lloyd triumph. It may not shake the rafters with its kinetics, but it does dazzle with the utterly symbiotic interplay between leader and sidemen.

© Thom Jurek /TiVo

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