# New singles from Charles Lloyd, Jeff Parker and Eldar Djangirov: Photos, Videos, Sounds

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- Published: 2020-01-14T18:11:12+01:00
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**Charles Lloyd, “Requiem (Live From the Loberto Theatre)”**

For saxophonist Charles Lloyd, 2018 unfolded as a festive year: his 80th, with celebrations
at the Newport Jazz Festival, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. But nothing could top the
concert held on his actual date of birth, March 15, in his adopted hometown of Santa
Barbara, Calif.

For that performance, at the historic Lobero Theatre, Lloyd called upon an elite
cadre of younger musical partners: pianist Gerald Clayton, guitarist Julian Lage,
drummer Eric Harland and bassist Reuben Rogers. They played songs from across his
career, making the concert a retrospective. Blue Note Records — whose president,
Don Was, briefly sat in along with rhythm-and-blues icon Booker T. Jones — captured
the music for a monumental release, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero), due
out on Feb. 14.

Available as a limited-edition boxed set, it will consist of three LPs, two CDs 
and a concert DVD, with a hardcover book and a pair of photographic prints. (A standard
version — LP/DVD, CD/DVD or digital — will feature only music from the first set.)

“Requiem,” a prayerful ballad Lloyd has recorded many times over the years, going
back to _Notes From Big Sur _in 1991, is the first single from this new release.
The video above, taken from the DVD, captures the slow build of this performance,
with fine solos by Lage and Clayton as well as the man of the hour.

_Charles Lloyd is on tour this spring; his Kindred Spirits band will be at the Blue
Note in New York on April 25 and 26, as part of a four-night residency._

**Eldar, “Anthemic”**

Eldar Djangirov has been an undeniable force of pianism for at least the last 15
years, since his major-label debut at age 17. He’ll turn 33 this month, and his 
artistry has evolved on multiple fronts, judging by the first taste of a dynamic
new trio album, _Rhapsodize. _Due out on Feb 21, it features Raviv Markovitz on 
bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums, with a track list that includes jazz standards,
like “A Night in Tunisia,” as well as some original compositions.

“Anthemic,” which has its video premiere here, is one of those originals — a forward-
tilt tune that presses the piano, and the entire rhythm team, into contrapuntal 
overdrive. File it under “new-wave acoustic fusion,” depending on your taste for
classification. Whatever you call it, this is music of dazzling effect, especially
during a piano solo that shoots into the stratosphere, just after the two-minute
mark.

**Jeff Parker, “Go Away”**

Several years ago, guitarist Jeff Parker released _The New Breed, _a calmly intoxicating
album that metabolized ideas from experimental jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul. Among
other things, it was a tribute to Parker’s father, who died as the album was taking
shape. Now comes a follow-up inspired by Parker’s mother, who’s still with us. Suite
for Max Brown — Maxine Brown was her maiden name — will be released on Jan. 24, 
inaugurating a partnership between International Anthem and Nonesuch.

The album features a cadre of players in Parker’s circle, including Josh Johnson,
on piano and saxophone; Paul Bryan, who plays bass and co-produced; and Rob Mazurek,
on cornet. “Go Away,” the second single, rides a groove that draws from both Afrobeat
and, to my ears, the percussive funk guru David Garibaldi. (At this point it’s unclear
which of the three drummers are on the album — Jay Bellerose, Makaya McCraven or
Jamire Williams — is on this track.) As for the title, which surfaces as a refrain:
sometimes what’s needed is an anthem of refusal.

**Norma Winstone & John Taylor, “Lucky To Be Me”**

The incomparable singer and lyricist Norma Winstone has maintained creative partnerships
with many leading musicians, within and beyond her native England — and for many
years, her chief collaborator was her husband, the elegant pianist John Taylor. 
In Concert is a snapshot of their musical partnership, recorded in 1988 at the Guildhall
Music School in London. It was released on cassette just over a decade ago, and 
will see wider release this Friday, on Sunnyside.

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The album opens with a version of “Lucky to Be Me,” from Leonard Bernstein’s 1944
Broadway musical _On the Town_. Its upbeat spirit is a tonic — and also serves, 
at this juncture, as a moving tribute to Winstone’s bond with Taylor, who died several
years ago, at 72.

**McPhee **/** Rempis** / **Reid** / **Lopez** / **Nilssen-Love, “Qaanaaq Part 1(
Excerpt)”**

One evening late in 2018, a cosmic alignment brought five fearless improvisers together
for the Transmission Series at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Along with saxophonist Dave
Rempis, a fixture on the series, they included Joe McPhee on pocket trumpet and 
tenor saxophone; Tomeka Reid, on cello; Brandon Lopez, on bass; and Paal Nilssen-
Love. on drums. Their take-no-prisoners free improv will soon see release on Rempis’
indie label, Aerophonic Records.

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Of Things Beyond Thule volume 1 will be released on Feb. 18 as an instant collector’s
item: it will only be available on vinyl, in a pressing of just 330 copies. The 
only digital trace of the album is this five-minute excerpt of Side A, titled “Qaanaq
Part 1.” It should be enough to whet the appetite, for anyone drawn to this sort
of spontaneous communion, and these shining exponents of the form.

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