Charles Lloyd News

The legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd brings his brilliant New Quartet, featuring pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland, to Town Hall Seattle , 1119 Eighth Ave , at 7:30pm, December 6th, 2009 .

A film by Fara C with Guiseppi de Vecchi. This film will be broadcast on MEZZO , October 29.

Check out coverage of our News team's "Storycorps: Memory Loss Project" here. American Routes is on the move.

Two of modern country's brightest talents are Gary Allan and Jack Ingram can be seen live 9 p.m. Friday at the House of Blues.

Should I pretend I'm back in college and attend a convocation at 11 a.m. on a weekday? Yes, if the featured speaker/performer is pianist/composer Jason Moran .

The Moscow-based Berioska dance company will perform traditional dances from Russia at the Athens Concert Hall tonight.

Where to begin? The early days in Chicago, between blues, bebop, and the mid-'60s avant-garde? The time in Charles Lloyd's band, or the years with Miles Davis when the master went electric with "Bitches Brew''? The four-decade friendship with Keith Jarrett and the subtle intimacy of their jazz standards trio? The Indian-infused work with Alice ...

Last night kicked off the opening of the international Enjoy Jazz festival in Heidelberg.

We've been elated to see such a wide response to our Jazz Now series, where we and our guest contributors recommend starter albums for getting into today's jazz.

Returning with a varied agenda encompassing all the arts, the upcoming 44th Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki plans to offer a total of 80 productions.

Returning with a varied agenda encompassing all the arts, the upcoming 44th Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki plans to offer a total of 80 productions.

Charles Lloyd hasn't lost a step. He has an instantly recognizable and deeply personal sound on every instrument in his formidable arsenal.

To say a Charles Lloyd concert is a spiritual experience is underselling it. The elder statesman of the tenor saxophone - now at 71 one of the last in a lineage of greats, including Pharoah Sanders and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, that exploded onto the scene in the 1960s and took the instrument in a wholly new direction - Lloyd closed out the Ottawa Jazz ...

Having outlived many of his contemporaries from the hazardous, drug-fueled era of bebop, 71-year-old saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has one of the most interesting biographies in jazz.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various locations around Copenhagen: starts Friday, ends Sunday 10 July; www.jazz.dk Welcome to a unique mix of music with roots both in the African-American south and the stoic Scandinavian character and landscape.A The artists serve the soul and spontaneity, the crowds respond with some foot tapping and rhythmic clapping, ...

Whether you're a constitutional scholar, someone who yells "USA! USA! USA!" at sporting events, or both, you'll agree that America - the country, not the soft-rock band behind "A Horse With No Name" - is pretty freaking awesome.

CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET: Fish Out Of Water Charles Lloyd, tenor sax, flute; Bobo Stenson, piano; Palle Danielsson, bass; Jon Christensen, drums ECM 1398 .

Zakir Hussain and Friends Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage New York, NY April 29, 2009 On April 29th, the last concert of his Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall, Zakir Hussain entered and bowed to the applause of a packed house.

It's time once again to let you know what's been going on over at StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different online music video every day for your listening and viewing pleasure.