CHARLES LLOYD - Journey Within + Charles Lloyd in Europe (1998) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This 1999 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. Soundwise, the recording is average. It captures Lloyd, on flute and tenor sax, and pianist Keith Jarrett reasonably well and just slightly less so the bassists: Ron McClure in New York, Cecil McBee in Oslo. Drummer Jack DeJohnette, however, gets spotty treatment. At times his subtle hybrid of jazz-rock and free, pulsing styles registers well, at others it becomes a muddy clatter. Still, the CD succeeds in immersing the listener in the concerts. While the members of Lloyd's quartet are and remain enormous individual talents, this is an important but secondary consideration for Lloyd. Both concerts are pure collective efforts. The players solo, but the spotlight stays on the complete group. That said, Jarrett's fans will appreciate the selections that feature the pianist working with just bassist and drummer, performing inside/outside music in the spirit of his early trio with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. Jim Todd  
Journey Within    
1    Journey Within 11:19
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
2    Love No. 3 5:28
Composed By – Keith Jarrett
3    Memphis Green 9:14
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
4    Lonesome Child (10:38)
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Soprano Saxophone – Keith Jarrett
4a    Song    4:37
4b    Dance    6:01
Charles Lloyd In Europe    
5    Tagore 9:48
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
6    Karma 3:44
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
7    Little Anahid's Day 6:13
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
8    Manhattan Carousel 8:40
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
9    European Fantasy 5:26
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
10    Hej Da! (Hey Daw) 2:46
Composed By – Charles Lloyd
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee (pistas: 5 to 10), Ron McClure (pistas: 1 to 4)
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Charles Lloyd
Notas.
Compilation of two original Atlantic albums.
"Journey Within" originally released in 1967 as Atlantic 1493. [Recorded on January 27, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California]
"Chares Lloyd In Europe" originally releasedin 1968 as Atlantic 1500. [Recorded on October 29, 1966 in Norway.]