Notes from Big Sur explained

Notes from Big Sur
Type:	Album
Artist:	Charles Lloyd
Cover:	Notes from Big Sur.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	November 1991
Studio:	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	60:38
Label:	ECM ECM 1465
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Charles Lloyd
Prev Title:	Fish Out of Water
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Acoustic Masters I
Next Year:	1993

Notes from Big Sur is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in November 1991 and released on ECM April the following year. The quartet feature rhythm section Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Ralph Peterson.

Reception

The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Notes from Big Sur successfully portrays the California coastline for which it is named—picturesque and soothing, although rugged and at times forbidding."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd

1. "Requiem" - 8:00
2. "Sister" - 8:51
3. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22
4. "Sam Song" - 7:54
5. "Takur" - 4:27
6. "Monk in Paris" - 9:38
7. "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55
8. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31

Personnel

• Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone
• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Anders Jormin – bass
• Ralph Peterson – drums

Notes and References

1. Adler, D. R. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142881|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed January 28, 2010.