Mark Sullivan for ALL ABOUT JAZZ- “At age 80 legendary saxophonist/composer Charles Lloyd shows no signs of slowing down. In addition to his New Quartet—most recently documented on Passin‘ Thru (Blue Note Records, 2017)—he has collaborated with the Greek singer Maria Farantouri on Athens Concert (ECM, 2011); played…
Gary Graff for BILLBOARD- With this week’s arrival of a second album from his Big Fun Trio — Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here, whose title track premieres exclusively below — Elvin Bishop feels like he’s establishing the group as a going…
Larry Blumenfeld for The Village Voice – An uninformed listener attending a late set at the Subrosa club on a Monday in April — one who knew nothing of Eddie Palmieri’s long career shaping Afro-Latin jazz into a uniquely New York…
Pat Metheny has been elected into the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The news comes just months after the guitarist, composer, and bandleader received the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award (the United States’ highest national award for a jazz…
Rich Juzwiak for JEZEBEL – Today, Meshell Ndegeocello is debuting on Jezebel the video for her twangy cover of Ralph Tresvant’s simmering new jack swing classic “Sensitivity.” In a quietly radical decision, Ndegeocello keeps the gender-specific nouns of the original…
Geoffrey Himes for PASTE – The 1960s were a time of upheaval in all corners of American culture, not the least in music. Lyricists such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Curtis Mayfield and Lou Reed were revolutionizing songwriting by introducing new subject matter…
Daylan Williams for dailymotion – Daylan Williams sat down with Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams do discuss the new release by Charles Lloyd and The Marvels ‘Vanished Gardens’. In the interview, Lloyd mentions how “forces of nature” brought him and Williams together.…
Pranav Trewn for STEREOGUM – I couldn’t wrap my head around all the Royal Wedding hoopla that took place last month. I mean, beyond my inherent wariness of celebrating a colonialist institution and the usual skepticism that comes with excessive interest in…
Hank Shteamer for Rolling Stone – Charles Lloyd’s engagement with rock is no passing dalliance: In the Sixties and Seventies, the saxist-flutist played the Fillmore, gigged with the Beach Boys and recorded with the post-Morrison Doors. But even that history doesn’t…
Dorris Duke Charitable Foundation – In a short film released today by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the foundation’s president and CEO, Edward P. Henry, was joined by several previous Doris Duke Artist Award winners in announcing the 2018 recipients of…