LLOYD CHARLES – SKY WILL STILL THERE TOMORROW LP2

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Unsettled by the post-2020 world situation, Charles Lloyd began to develop a musical vision in the form of a new studio recording featuring a new band. This quartet is the eleventh release from the legendary saxophonist, along with pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Brian Braid, who moved to the prestigious Blue Note label, which brought together four unique voices for the first time! This magnificent double album was completed in the spring of 2023, Lloyd’s 85th birthday, and brings together a collection of Lloyd originals, old and new, reimagined in a majestic body of work that shows one of the most important musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries still at the peak of his powers. Six of the songs on the album are new compositions from Lloyd’s pen, including “The Water Is Rising,” “Late Bloom,” and “The Ghost of Lady Day,” making this a magnificent double LP volume.The performances by the new members of the quartet also beautifully portray the worldview he envisioned. This is a remarkable work that could become a new masterpiece by the greatest jazz composer, musician, and bandleader who continues to inspire audiences today. Charles Lloyd will celebrate his 86th birthday on the album’s release date. Expectations are high for this new album from a man who continues to be active at the forefront of the scene. Personnel〉 CHarles Lloyd (ts, as, bass flute, alto flute), Jason Moran (p), Larry Granadia (b), Brian Blade (ds, perc)
Charles Lloyd’s 2024 musical offering, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, is a majestic double album of new studio recordings from the legendary saxophonist which will be released on March 15, 2024, Lloyd’s 86th birthday. One of the most significant musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, Lloyd remains at the peak of his powers in the company of a newly assembled quartet of four distinctive voices with the NEA Jazz Master joined by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Brian Blade.

With The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow—Lloyd’s 11th Blue Note album and his first new studio recording since the 2017 sessions that yielded his acclaimed releases Vanished Gardens and Tone Poem—he continues his monumental music making, an apex in American art, as a bandleader, a composer, a flutist, and a saxophonist. The album also gives us first-time recordings of six new Lloyd compositions including the title track, “The Water Is Rising,” “Late Bloom,” “The Ghost of Lady Day,” “Sky Valley, Spirit of the Forest,” and “When the Sun Comes Up, Darkness Is Gone.”