Journey Within

A great 60s moment not just for reedman Charles Lloyd, but also for pianist Keith Jarrett - who was a key part of Charles' group for a few years at the time - and who really opens up on this classic set! Tracks are long and very open - reaching in a spiritual sort of way with definite Coltrane overtones, yet also showing that more complexly rhythmic mode that made Lloyd a standout in previous groups before he was a leader - a quality that's really augmented by the presence of Jack DeJohnette on drums! Lloyd plays both tenor and flute - and Jarrett switches to soprano sax on one number!

Charles Lloyd Quartet - Journey Within (1967) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit WPCR-27107}
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© 1967, 2012 Warner Japan / Atlantic / Rhino | WPCR-27107 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

Features 24 bit digital remastering. Comes with a description. I love JOURNEY WITHIN. This recording will certainly be a love it or hate it thing for most people. My sister hates it, for instance. I love it!! This is Lloyd at his trippy-est, spacey-est, best. The title song takes me there, if you've ever been there, even when I'm straight!! I love the free improvization of it. For those historians of you out there, this allegedly is the first live recording ever released from the original Fillmore Auditorium. This and Lloyd's LOVE-IN album were both recorded there, allegedly, over several nights.

This 1998 reissue lets Charles Lloyd's music of the late '60s transcend its erstwhile, hippie era, Coltrane-lite cachet and come into its own as the expression of an expansive musical vision by a quartet of formidable players. Straddling the threshold to the avant-garde, the music doesn't so much defy categorization as dispense with the need for it. Folk themes, Eastern influences, blues, modal hard bop, and impressionistic passages meld seamlessly into a unique, cohesive musical conception. The sprawling 75-minute CD compiles two concert releases: a 1967 date at New York's Fillmore East and a 1968 concert in Oslo, Norway…