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 actually hitting it.
When Lloyd enters after a lengthy intro, he does so in a post-bop phraseology that brings the tune full circle, transforming from a folk melody to a blues tune.
Later, on "Nichiketa's Lament," Lloyd uses a Tibetan oboe with its high, reedy tone to play funeral music that actually becomes an exercise in pan-modalism.
The title track is actually a song of sorts, based on Jimmy Giuffre's harmonic methodology and Coltrane's breather and note theory.
The set closes with an unbelievably beautiful, cascading ballad where the band falls through its changes like water in a brook, and Lloyd blows through them with a heartbreaking lyrical intensity.
Canto is the song of a master who employs all of his tools in the creation of a work of art.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tales of RumiCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 16:41 | 38 MB | 81 MB |
| 2 | How Can I Tell YouCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 33 MB |
| 3 | Desolation SoundCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 06:05 | 13 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | CantoCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 13:21 | 30 MB | 61 MB |
| 5 | Nachiketa's LamentCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Durga DurgaCharles Lloyd | Charles Lloyd | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 7 | M song | Charles Lloyd | Play | 13:13 | 30 MB | 67 MB |
| 65 mins | 149 MB | |||||
| 65 mins | 323 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothy Darr | Cover Photo, Photography |
| 2 | Manfred Eicher | Producer |
| 3 | Billy Hart | Drums, Drums (Snare), Guest Artist |
| 4 | Anders Jormin | Double Bass |
| 5 | Jan Erik Kongshaug | Engineer |
| 6 | Charles Lloyd | Composer, Flute, Liner Notes, Oboe, Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor), Trombone |
| 7 | Dieter Rehm | Design |
| 8 | Bobo Stenson | Guest Artist, Piano |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |