Canto (1996)

About this title: Reed king Charles Lloyd has consistently exceeded expectations throughout his career, breaking ground in any number of jazz forms, particularly those associated with the employing of the various folk musics of the world as elemental melodic and harmonic components of his signature practice in the idiom. Canto reveals Lloyd's inner restlessness at work once again with longtime pianist Bobo Stenson, bassist Anders Jormin, and the legendary American drummer Billy Hart. The set opens with "Tales of Rumi," which has Stenson playing inside the piano, and Hart sliding around the kit without ever ... read more

Tracks:

1. Tales of Rumi [Lloyd]
2. How Can I Tell You [Lloyd]
3. Desolation Sound [Lloyd]
4. Canto [Lloyd]
5. Nachiketa's Lament [Lloyd]
6. M [Lloyd]
7. Durga Durga [Lloyd]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.