Charles Lloyd – Forest Flower (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, Charles Lloyd's quartet with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette became one of the rare jazz units to cross over into the rock counterculture, selling over a million copies at a time when jazz albums simply didn't do that. Lloyd's warm, searching tenor and flute gave the music an accessibility that never sacrificed depth, opening festival stages and young ears that had never before found a way into jazz.
It was a clever move by George Avakian, producer at Atlantic Records, to record live the Charles Lloyd Quartet during their appearance in Monterey, and to release the LP under the title ""Forest Flower"". Although the hippy flower-power movement tended towards a rather different musical genre at the end of the Sixties, they were blown away by this music. The four artists attracted masses of people and ensured that every seat was taken and all standing room filled at jazz festivals such as Newport, Molde (Norway), Antibes (France) and the Fillmore East and West. The super group also appeared in Monterey, 120 Km south of San Francisco, the centre of the hippy movement, on 18 September 1966.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 4260019715111
Label: Speakers Corner
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: LP Vinyl