In successive sets by their classic quartet lineups, Lloyd and Marsalis demonstrated striking contrasts in tone and feeling. The bond between the two even extended to the spatial. Frequently, during ...

Our guest is modern saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who also built a sound in Los Angeles, riding a wave of free jazz and beyond. He played alongside everyone from Ornette Coleman to the Jefferson Airplane ...

Working in a trio setting like his fellow idiosyncrat, Steve Tibbetts conjures up comparably pervasive moods on Close And, as this triad is equally purposeful over the course of the fifty-five minutes ...

Miles Davis stole Charles Lloyd’s band, and much else. It was Lloyd’s classic quartet with Keith Jarrett on piano, drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Cecil McBee, not Miles, who were the first jazz ...

Jazz great Charles Lloyd will release his forthcoming double album, Figure in Blue, on October 10, 2025. A new troupe of instrumentalists joins the celebrated saxophonist, Jason Maron (piano) and ...

SFJAZZ is trying something new. And so far, so good. The organization’s longstanding San Francisco Jazz Festival — which some Bay Area music lovers probably didn’t even known was still a thing — has ...

Today's Music—Right Now! Fantastic music by David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Josie Falbo ...

Montreux Jazz Festival has released the programming for its 2026 presentation. Returning to the Lake Geneva shoreline in ...

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