LLOYD CHARLES/VOICE IN THE NIGHT

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CHARLES LLOYDS SIXTH ECM ALBUM IS BOTH A DEPARTURE AND A HOMECOMING FOR THE MEMPHIS-BORN AND CALIFORNIA-BASED TENORIST INTRODUCING NEW MUSIC AND REVISITING ARCHIVE FAVOURITES (INCLUDING THE EPIC FOREST FLOWER) AND FEATURING AN ALL-STAR LINE-UP. WITH HIS SCANDINAVIAN BAND CURRENTLY ON HOLDTHIS IS LLOYDS FIRST ALL-AMERICAN ALBUM IN A LONG WHILE - DAVE HOLLAND QUALIFIES AS AN HONORARY AMERICAN BY NOW - WITH ALL THE DIFFERENCES OF CULTURAL EMPHASIS THAT THIS IMPLIES. ECM VETERAN JOHN ABERCROMBIE AND LEGENDARY DRUMMER BILLY HIGGINS ARE IN GREAT FORM THROUGHOUT AS THEY LOCK IN WITH LLOYD TO TACKLE MATERIAL RANGING FROM BILLY STRAYHORNS A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING TO THE ELVIS COSTELLO/BURT BACHARACH-PENNED GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH OR DIG DEEP INTO THE ROOTS MUSIC OF THE ISLAND BLUES SUITE.INITIALLY PUBLISHED ON CD IN FEBRUARY 1999 VINYL IS ISSUED IN JUNE 2019.BACKGROUNDFEATURED ARTISTSCHARLES LLOYD TENOR SAXOPHONEJOHN ABERCROMBIE GUITARDAVE HOLLAND DOUBLE-BASSBILLY HIGGINS DRUMS PERCUSSION