The Flowering Explained

The Flowering
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Charles Lloyd
Cover:	The Flowering.jpg
Released:	July 1971^[1]
Recorded:	July 23 & 24 and October 29, 1966
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:39
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	George Avakian
Chronology:	Charles Lloyd
Prev Title:	Forest Flower
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Charles Lloyd in Europe
Next Year:	1966

The Flowering is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd performed in France and Norway by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "This set is even a bit better than the In Europe album due to the stronger (if more familiar) material".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

1. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 8:26
2. "Love-In/Island Blues" - 6:19
3. "Wilpan's" (Cecil McBee) - 6:39
4. "Gypsy '66" (Gábor Szabó) - 14:11
5. "Goin' to Memphis/Island Blues" - 7:04

• Recorded on July 23 & 24 at Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France and October 29, 1966 at Aulaen Hall, Oslo, Norway

Personnel

• Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute
• Keith Jarrett - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• Jack DeJohnette - drums

Production

• Meny Bloch - engineer

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=uggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=charles+Lloyd+Flowering&pg=PA51 Billboard July 31, 1971
2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r172716|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed January 20, 2010.