CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET – The Flowering (LP-1971)

Label: Atlantic – SD 1586

Format: Vinyl, LP; Country: US - Released: 1971

Style: Free Improvisation
Recorded in concert at Aulean Hall, Oslo, Norway, 1971

Artwork [Cover Painting] – Jacques Richez

Design [Front Cover] – Haig Adishian

Design [Rear Cover] – Alyse Koylan

Engineer – Meny Bloch

Producer, Liner Notes – George Avakian

A1 - Speak Low . . . 8:26

A2 - Love-In / Island Blues . . . 6:19

A3 - Wilpan's . . . 6:39

B1 - Gypsy '66 . . . 14:11

B2 - Goin' To Memphis / Island Blues . . . 7:04

CHARLES LLOYD – Flute, Saxophone

KEITH JARRETT – Piano

CECIL McBEE – Bass

JACK DeJOHNETTE – Drums

A great title for this one – as the set really features reedman Charles Lloyd flowering strongly – blooming into a richer expression of his talents than any one might have expected a few short years before! The album features Lloyd working with his groundbreaking quartet of Keith Jarrett on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums – players who have a perfect rhythmic conception to take Charles to the place he wants to go with his reeds! Titles include "Speak Low", "Goin' To Memphis/Island Blues", "Gypsy 66", "Wilpan's", and "Love-In/Island Blues".

If you find it, buy this album!