Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd album) 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 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] 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 With Oliver Lake With others
Movies Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)Movies Too The Collective Cecil Brooks III , 1989)Duet in Detroit Roy Brooks , 1989)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Feed the Fire Sound Museum: Hidden Man Ornette Coleman , 1996)Sound Museum: Three Women Motherland Pulse Steve Coleman , 1985)Flute Talk Buddy Collette , 1988)Etudes Charlie Haden , 1987)The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra Reflections in Change Craig Handy , 1999)Lift Every Voice Charles Lloyd , 2002)Jumping the Creek Decision in Paradise Monk in Motian Paul Motian , 1988)Mindgames Greg Osby , 1988)Living on the Edge Dewey Redman , 1989)Crunchin' Wallace Roney , 1993)Munchin' Bemsha Swing Woody Shaw , 1986)By Any Means Necessary Gary Thomas , 1989)
