{"id":1102,"date":"2018-09-05T04:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T04:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2018-09-05T04:30:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T04:30:49","slug":"charles-lloyd-quartet-love-in-lp-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/05\/charles-lloyd-quartet-love-in-lp-1967\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Lloyd Quartet – Love-In LP (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Lloyd Quartet \u2013 Love In <\/em><\/strong>
\nRecorded Live at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, January 1967<\/em><\/p>\n

Fifty years before Kamasi Washington was spreading his expansive vision of jazz at various concert festivals around the world, Charles Lloyd and his bubbling quartet were granting similar experiences to audiences devoted to the growing rock scene spreading during the soul-searching sixties. Love-In<\/em> captures the Charles Lloyd Quartet in the midst of their white-hot rise inside San Francisco\u2019s Fillmore Auditorium, the first live recording to ever take place inside the now legendary concert hall.<\/p>\n

Album producer George Avakian quips that some of the audience present for the performance may not have even known they were listening to jazz, but he also points out that Lloyd had a way of breaking through to the young, wide-eyed Haight Ashbury hippies in a way that few, if any, other jazz musicians could.<\/p>\n

As Avakian writes in the album\u2019s liner notes, \u201cCommunion between audience and musicians happens everywhere the Charles Lloyd Quartet plays, but nowhere is it more striking than on the San Francisco scene. When the Quartet starts a set, many of the youngsters keep on dancing, but increasingly larger numbers have started doing something they don\u2019t do when anyone else plays. They stretch out on the floor\u2026 put their arms around each other, close their eyes, and let the music take them out.\u201d It\u2019s a spectacle that spawned the album\u2019s title.<\/p>\n

Love-In <\/em>is an overlooked gem from Charles Lloyd\u2019s acclaimed run in the mid to late 60s, one that further proves why this band was turning so many heads at the time. The Quartet\u2019s musical unity is striking, and their vast array of musical influences mingle to create a surprisingly accessible sound that doesn\u2019t water down the depth of the music or their astounding group interplay on this date.<\/p>\n

Album opener \u201cTribal Dance\u201d feels akin to the work John Coltrane\u2019s Classic Quartet was achieving earlier in the decade (Lloyd\u2019s solo certainly nods in that direction). There\u2019s a youth and whimsy to Jarrett\u2019s piano solo, offering a more delicate counterpoint to Lloyd\u2019s aggression on sax. \u201cSunday Morning,\u201d a Jarrett original, signals a deep interplay between Jarrett and DeJohnette, one that seems to foretell the great work they would go on to create together with Jarrett\u2019s Standards Trio, one of the most celebrated and enduring jazz ensembles of the last 30 years.<\/p>\n

Love-In <\/em>may be a great example of how potent the Charles Lloyd Quartet\u2019s musical message was at the time, but unfortunately the magic would not last. By the end of 1968, the Quartet would implode under a storm of artistic differences and money disputes. Lloyd would disappear from the jazz spotlight for a number of years, while Jarrett and DeJohnette would go on to join Miles Davis\u2019 band in the midst of his pioneering electric period.<\/p>\n

Much like Forest Flower<\/em>, Love-In<\/em> is a great introduction to the world of jazz for those looking to dip their toes into a new sound. It also won\u2019t break the bank \u2013 this record is pretty common, and can usually be found for less than $10.<\/p>\n

-Brandon Roos – 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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