Charles Lloyd

tenor saxophone, flute · 1938 · Memphis

Tenor saxophonist and flutist born in Memphis in 1938, settled in Los Angeles in 1956. His quartet formed in 1966 with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette earned him DownBeat's Jazz Artist of the Year in 1967.

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Styles

• Modal
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Forest Flower: Sunset (1966)
• Sorcery (1966)
• Song of Her (1966)
• Pictogram (2013)
• Hagar Suite: Bolivar Blues (2013)
• I Shall Be Released (2013)

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