Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album)
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]
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| Released | January 17, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | November 15, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:38 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | George Avakian | |||
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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]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Lloyd
- "Sombrero Sam" - 10:26
- "Voice in the Night - 9:06
- "Pre-Dawn" - 2:34
- "Forest Flower '69" - 16:51
- Recorded on November 15, 1968, at the Town Hall, New York City
Personnel
Production
- Eric Sherman - cover concept, photography
- Haig Adishian - design
- George Avakian - producer[4]
References
- Keith Jarrett discography accessed January 22, 2010.
- Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 22, 2010.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 901. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Charles Lloyd - Soundtrack, retrieved 2022-12-26