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Woodard Josef - Charles Lloyd A Wild Blatant Truth - Paperback
Woodard Josef - Charles Lloyd A Wild Blatant Truth - Paperback
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Description: Saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has been a strong and important voice in the jazz world since the late 1950s. This freewheeling fascinating unauthorized biography - - based on twenty years worth of interviews - - covers the extreme ups and downs of an uncommonly eventful life often in the musician's own words. The story begins in the heated musical milieu of Memphis in the Forties and Fifties where Lloyd grew up with Phineas Newborn Jr and Booker Little and cut his professional teeth as a teen playing with such blues giants as Howlin Wolf. After high school he moved to Los Angeles where he attended USC and began to work with the Gerald Wilson and Chico Hamilton bands Scott La Faro G bor Szab Don Cherry and others. Following a notable stint with Hamilton's ensemble contributing compositions and arrangements as well as playing Lloyd joined Cannonball Adderley's band and moved to New York. There he worked with Herbie Hancock Ron Carter Richard Davis Henry Grimes Roy Haynes and many others. In the mid - Sixties Lloyd put together a landmark quartet showcasing the young Keith Jarrett Jack De Johnette and Cecil Mc Bee. It skyrocketed the saxophonist to fame - - recording best - selling albums winning Down Beat's 1967 Artist of the Year and becoming the first jazz musician to play the famed Fillmore auditoriums. But just as suddenly Lloyd vanished from the scene in the early Seventies embarking on a fifteen - year spiritual quest. During this hiatus from the jazz world spent in Big Sur and Santa Barbara he occasionally worked with the Beach Boys and other pop musicians. To the delight of many Lloyd reappeared in the early Nineties recording for the ECM label fronting a series of impressive bands featuring pianists Bobo Stensen Geri Allen Brad Mehldau and Jason Moran; drummers Billy Higgins and Billy Hart; and other luminaries. Recent groups have included an eclectic array of performers including Bill Frisell and Zakir Hussain. Lloyd's music is now stronger than ever as is his career with acclaim coming from both critics and the public. In 2015 he received a NE a Jazz Masters Fellowship and signed with the Blue Note record label.
Title: Charles Lloyd A Wild Blatant Truth
Author(s): Woodard Josef
Publisher: Silman - James Press U. S.
Barcode: 9781935247135
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 9/1/2015
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment
Description: Saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has been a strong and important voice in the jazz world since the late 1950s. This freewheeling fascinating unauthorized biography - - based on twenty years worth of interviews - - covers the extreme ups and downs of an uncommonly eventful life often in the musician's own words. The story begins in the heated musical milieu of Memphis in the Forties and Fifties where Lloyd grew up with Phineas Newborn Jr and Booker Little and cut his professional teeth as a teen playing with such blues giants as Howlin Wolf. After high school he moved to Los Angeles where he attended USC and began to work with the Gerald Wilson and Chico Hamilton bands Scott La Faro G bor Szab Don Cherry and others. Following a notable stint with Hamilton's ensemble contributing compositions and arrangements as well as playing Lloyd joined Cannonball Adderley's band and moved to New York. There he worked with Herbie Hancock Ron Carter Richard Davis Henry Grimes Roy Haynes and many others. In the mid - Sixties Lloyd put together a landmark quartet showcasing the young Keith Jarrett Jack De Johnette and Cecil Mc Bee. It skyrocketed the saxophonist to fame - - recording best - selling albums winning Down Beat's 1967 Artist of the Year and becoming the first jazz musician to play the famed Fillmore auditoriums. But just as suddenly Lloyd vanished from the scene in the early Seventies embarking on a fifteen - year spiritual quest. During this hiatus from the jazz world spent in Big Sur and Santa Barbara he occasionally worked with the Beach Boys and other pop musicians. To the delight of many Lloyd reappeared in the early Nineties recording for the ECM label fronting a series of impressive bands featuring pianists Bobo Stensen Geri Allen Brad Mehldau and Jason Moran; drummers Billy Higgins and Billy Hart; and other luminaries. Recent groups have included an eclectic array of performers including Bill Frisell and Zakir Hussain. Lloyd's music is now stronger than ever as is his career with acclaim coming from both critics and the public. In 2015 he received a NE a Jazz Masters Fellowship and signed with the Blue Note record label.
Title: Charles Lloyd A Wild Blatant Truth
Author(s): Woodard Josef
Publisher: Silman - James Press U. S.
Barcode: 9781935247135
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 9/1/2015
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment
