Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album) explained

Soundtrack
Type:live
Artist:Charles Lloyd
Cover:Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album).jpg
Released:January 17, 1969
Recorded:November 15, 1968
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:38
Label:Atlantic
Producer:George Avakian
Chronology:Charles Lloyd
Prev Title:Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Moon Man
Next Year:1970

Soundtrack is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded at The Town Hall, New York City in 1968 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Ron McClure and Jack DeJohnette.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and states "Soundtrack, stomps with all the fury of a live gospel choir trying to claim Saturday night for God instead of the other guy... The band is in a heavy Latin mood, where the blues, samba, bossa, hard bop, modal, and even soul are drenched in the blues. With only four tunes presented, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, while a tad more dissonant than it had been in 1966 and 1967, swings much harder, rougher, and get-to-the-groove quicker than any band Lloyd had previously led... This band would split soon after, when Jarrett left to play with Miles Davis, but if this was a live swansong, they couldn't have picked a better gig to issue".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd

  1. "Sombrero Sam" - 10:26
  2. "Voice in the Night - 9:06
  3. "Pre-Dawn" - 2:34
  4. "Forest Flower '69" - 16:51

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. http://www.keithjarrett.it/keith-jarrett/discography/with-charles-lloyd/soundtrack/ Keith Jarrett discography
  2. Jurek, T. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r142883|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed January 22, 2010.