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Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower 1966

Genre: Jazz

A very important album, a huge seller at the time and the album that brought Jarrett to wider attention. I think that the All Music Guide is wrong in crediting McBee as bassist, it was Ron McClure.

When Charles Lloyd brought his new band to Monterey in 1966, a band that included Keith Jarrett on piano, Jack DeJohnette on drums, and the inimitable -- though young -- Cecil McBee on bass, no one knew what to expect. But they all left floored and this LP is the document of that set. It is difficult to believe that, with players so young (and having been together under a year), Lloyd was able to muster a progressive jazz that was so far-reaching and so undeniably sophisticated, yet so rich and accessible. For starters, the opening two title tracks, which form a kind of suite (one is "Forest Flower-Sunrise," the other "Sunset"), showcased the already fully developed imagination of Jarrett as a pianist.

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... whispering arpeggios surrounded by large chords that plank up the drumming as DeJohnette crosses hands and cuts the time in order to fluctuate the time. Lloyd's own solos are demonstrative of his massive melodic gift: his improvisation skirted the edges of what was happening with Coltrane (as everyone's did), but his own sense of the deep wellspring of song and the cross-pollination of various world musics that were happening at the time kept him busy and lyrical. Elsewhere, on Jarrett's own "Sorcery," his linking front-line harmonics with Lloyd is stellar --this isn't communication, it's telepathy! Jarrett's angular solo is buoyed up by Lloyd's gorgeous ostinato phrasing. By the time the band reaches its final number, a sky-scorching version of Brooks Bowman's "East of the Sun," they have touched upon virtually the entire history of jazz and still pushed it forward with seamless aplomb. Forest Flower is a great live record.

Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

1 Love song baby

2 Love ship

3 Forest flower

4 Manhattan tripper

5 Little Anahid's day

6 Piano solo

7 Island blues

8 Days and nights waiting

9 Lady Gabor

11 Love ship

12 Forest flower

Charles Lloyd - Flute, Sax (Tenor)

Keith Jarrett - Piano

Ron McClure - Bass

Jack DeJohnette - Drums

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