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2002 studio album by Charles Lloyd
Lift Every Voice
Released October 21, 2002 Recorded February 2002
Genre
Jazz Length 130 :46
Label
ECM ECM 1832/33
Producer Charles Lloyd, Dorothy Darr
Lift Every Voice is an album by jazz saxophonist
Charles Lloyd , recorded in February 2002 and released on
ECM October that same year. The quintet features rhythm section
Geri Allen ,
John Abercrombie ,
Marc Johnson &
Larry Grenadier (alternately) and
Billy Hart .
[1] The album represents Lloyd's response to the
9/11 terrorist attacks .
Reception
The album received wide critical acclaim. The
AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4½ stars and states "The result is one of the most unusual and deeply spiritual recordings in Lloyd's always-unusual career, one that says more with fewer means."
[2]
The
All About Jazz review by Mark Corroto stated "Lloyd’s belief in humanity and reliance on the healing and redemptive qualities of music propels this compassionate recording."
[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated.
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader With
Oliver Lake With others
Movies (
Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)
Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
The Collective (
Cecil Brooks III , 1989)
Duet in Detroit (
Roy Brooks , 1989)
Droppin' Things (
Betty Carter , 1990)
Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
Sound Museum: Hidden Man (
Ornette Coleman , 1996)
Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
Motherland Pulse (
Steve Coleman , 1985)
Flute Talk (
Buddy Collette , 1988)
Etudes (
Charlie Haden , 1987)
The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
Reflections in Change (
Craig Handy , 1999)
Lift Every Voice (
Charles Lloyd , 2002)
Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
Monk in Motian (
Paul Motian , 1988)
Mindgames (
Greg Osby , 1988)
Living on the Edge (
Dewey Redman , 1989)
Crunchin' (
Wallace Roney , 1993)
Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
Bemsha Swing (
Woody Shaw , 1986)
By Any Means Necessary (
Gary Thomas , 1989)