Special offer. Figure in Blue
Charles Lloyd (saxophone)
If 13 tracks spread over a double album were ever deserving of a Grammy, then here they are. In live performance, the spiritual feel of Lloyd's playing is so strong, you can almost reach out...
Special offer. Figure in Blue
Charles Lloyd (saxophone)
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If 13 tracks spread over a double album were ever deserving of a Grammy, then here they are. In live performance, the spiritual feel of Lloyd's playing is so strong, you can almost reach out...
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In March 2025, the legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd convened a new trio of musical explorers with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar for his 87th birthday concert at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara and immediately brought them into the studio to record his remarkable twelfth Blue Note album, Figure In Blue. The spacious double album travels wide expanses of musical terrain from beautiful ballads to raw Delta blues and includes stunning homages to both Duke Ellington and Zakir Hussain.
Contents and tracklist
1. Abide With Me
2. Hina Hanta, the way of peace
3. Figure In Blue, memories of Duke
4. Desolation Sound
5. Ruminations
6. Chulahoma
7. Song My Lady Sings
8. The Ghost of Lady Day
9. Blues for Langston
10. Heaven
11. Black Butterfly
12. Ancient Rain
13. Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir
14. Somewhere
Spotlight on this release
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Charles Lloyd - Figure In Blue
31st Oct 2025
At eighty-seven, the pioneering saxophonist reveals his latest album featuring new trio members Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar.
Awards and reviews
November 2025
If 13 tracks spread over a double album were ever deserving of a Grammy, then here they are. In live performance, the spiritual feel of Lloyd's playing is so strong, you can almost reach out and touch it. Wisdom of the ages conveyed in music, his message is peace and a love of humanity.
