Charles Lloyd Quartet – Rabo de Nube (2008) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

In time for the great saxophonist’s 70th birthday on March 15, a rousing set from a revamped Lloyd Quartet, recorded live in Basel in 2007. New to the party, and in an ECM debut, is pianist Jason Moran, whose percussive attack, with its echoes of Monk and Bud Powell, lights fires. Moran already has a history with drummer Eric Harland, intensifying the rhythmic interaction that lifts Lloyd skyward on uptempo workouts including a blistering account of old favourite “Sweet Georgia Bright”. There are also tender ballads, including the title track, Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodríguez’s “Rabo de Nube” (“tail of a cloud”), a mountaintop meditation with the tarogato (“Ramanujan”), a tribute to Booker Little, and more. CD booklet includes concert photography as well as verse by prizewinning poet Charles Simic which nicely characterizes both the “rural” and “city” aspects of Charles’s sound.

Though the album takes its name from a song by Cuban nueva cancion singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, Rabo De Nube is mostly hard-swinging jazz, not atmospheric world music. It’s a diverse and hearty voyage, passing through cosmic grandeur, reverent homage, spiritual splendour, dance and romance, plus a witty pair of allusions to Thelonious Monk. ¦ This is an inspiring album.

Tracklist:
1. Prometheus 14:51
2. Migration of Spirit 10:14
3. Booker’s Garden 14:32
4. Ramanujan 11:38
5. La Colline de Monk 04:01
6. Sweet Georgia Bright 12:16
7. Rabo de Nube 07:35

Personnel:
Charles Lloyd, tenor saxophone, alto flute, tárogató
Jason Moran, piano
Reuben Rogers, double-bass
Eric Harland, drums

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