Lloyd, Charles (saxophone) - Which Way Is East
Leveranstid: Skickas vanligtvis inom 2-5 dagar
"Charles and Billy recorded this double CD at Charles' house not long before the drummer's untimely death. It's a huge, sprawling record that seems to encompass much of what we understand today by world music and yet returns inevitably to the jazz that inspired both Lloyd and Higgins throughout their careers. With 30 tracks of varying length, the music tells a new story about Higgins. There's Higgins the romantic singing love songs in Portuguese accompanying himself on guitar. Elsewhere he sings the blues or chants over hand drums. Charles plays solo piano and alto sax for the first time since his days with Chico Hamilton. There's a beautiful duet dedicated to Charles' grandmother with flute and Indian drums and a Coltrane vs Elvin workout. ... An utterly charming record made by two close friends and a wonderfully fitting epitaph for a master drummer and musician."
(Jazzwise)
Charles Lloyd tenor and alto saxophones, bass, alto and C flutes, piano, aragato, Tibetan oboe, percussion, maracas, voice
Billy Higgins drums, percussion, guitar, guimbri, Syrian 'one string', various Senegalese and Guinean hand drums, Indian hand drum, Juno's wood box, voice
Recorded January 2001