Fish out of Water

Fish out of Water Artist: Charles Lloyd Quartet
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 781182139824
EAN: 0781182139824
ASIN: B0000031VH


Release Date: 1994-03-15

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Tracks:

  1. Fish Out Of Water
  2. Haghia Sophia
  3. The Dirge
  4. Bharati
  5. Eyes Of Love
  6. Mirror
  7. Tellaro

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful.......2004-02-12

I love the contrast between the warmth of Lloyd's tenor and the calm, perhaps cool (but never cold) virtuosity of this truly great Scandinavian rhythm section. To my ears, "Bharati," a preternaturally slow meditative ballad, and "Eyes of Love", an up-tempo track, are the highlights. On these tracks, you can really hear how closely this the quartet listens to each other. This is such a beautiful album.

5 out of 5 stars Charles Lloyd returns -.......1999-12-31

Charles Lloyd became the first jazz artist to sell a million records with his release of "Forest Flower" in the sixties. He also adopted the dress and manner of the hippie generation and played places like the Fillmore, sharing the bill with groups like Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane. He made so much money, he bought a house in Malibu and hobnobbed with the stars.

Then, he dropped out. Stopped playing publicly, and stopped recording. Moved to Big Sur. Chanted. Planted a garden.

After a few tentative efforts, he came back full steam with this release. This is an exceptionally fine album. The first thing one notices is the astonishing quailty of the sound. Take for example the first cut 'Fish Out of Water'. The tempo is relaxed, and each instument is heard as an individual sound rather than part of a amalgam. As always, Lloyd writes his own material, and it features his own unique harmonic framework and melodic inventions. Lloyd creates a soundscape unlike any other in jazz. The melodies on this disc seem almost incomplete, and then they fade away into the modern sounding piano of Bobo Stenson. But when Lloyd returns for a solo, the momentum gathers and he brings it to a emotional catharsis. This is jazz at its finest.

The remaining tunes keep the modal motif, and Lloyd's playing sounds so natural it seems as if he was born with a saxophone in his hands. His playing seems completely effortless, the fastest and most complex lines falling into the music by their own volition. Lloyd is one of the masters. It's great that he is back and actively playing.

Incidentally, Lloyd's greatest recording, in my opinion, is "Man From Two Worlds" which is listed not under his name but under Chico Hamilton's.

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