Charles Lloyd (born March 15, 1938) [1] is an American jazz musician. He primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute and occasionally other reed instruments, including alto saxophone and the Hungarian tárogató. Lloyd's primary band since 2007 has been a quartet including pianist Jason Moran, acoustic bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland.

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2024年1月12日 · Charles Lloyd returns with his latest musical offering, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, a majestic double album of new studio recordings from the legendary saxophonist which will be released on March 15, Lloyd’s 86th birthday.

2024年3月14日 · Now well into his ninth decade, sax legend Charles Lloyd shows no sign of slowing down. Stuart Nicholson talks to the great man and discovers a musician still brimming with energy and creativity

Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than six decades the legendary saxophonist and composer has loomed large over the music world, and at 84 years old he remains both at the height of his powers and as prolific as ever.

2024年3月15日 · With The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, Lloyd’s first studio recording since the 2017 sessions that yielded his acclaimed Blue Note albums Vanished Gardens and Tone Poem, he continues his monumental music making, an apex in American art, as a band leader, a composer, a flutist, and a saxophonist.

2024年7月15日 · Over nearly five decades, his compositions have punctuated the post-bop period, embraced the traditional music of a host of world cultures and enlivened the psychedelic 1960s with avant-garde improvisation.

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A warm tone, a sense of wonder and a spirit of discovery distinguish the music of Charles Lloyd, whose artistry defies both age and category. On flute and saxophone, as a bandleader and composer, he has followed a singular path to the pinnacle of creative achievement.

NEA Jazz Master and recipient of the Ordre de Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, Charles Lloyd, continues to elevate the artform with each performance and recording. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 15, 1938, Lloyd from an early age, was immersed in that city’s rich musical life and was exposed to jazz.