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The Charles Lloyd Quartet
OriginNew York City, New York, United States of America
GenresJazz
Years active1966–1968
LabelsAtlantic

Charles Lloyd Quartet

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The Charles Lloyd Quartet was an American jazz group, active from 1966-1968. Members included saxophonist [Lloyd], pianist [Jarrett], drummer [DeJohnette], as well as bassists [McBee] (1966-1967), and [McClure] (1967-1968).

While active, the quartet recorded eight albums for [Records] and achieved international success, not only appealing to jazz audiences in the United States, Europe, and in the USSR, but also to rock audiences at such venues as the [Auditorium] in San Francisco.[1]. Testaments to the group's crossover success are the public reception of its second release, [Flower], a live recording from the [Jazz Festival] in 1966, which made history as one of the first jazz recordings to sell over one million copies, and also its shared billing with rock acts such as Jimi Hendrix, JanisJoplin, Cream, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane.[2]. The group disbanded in 1968, when Lloyd began to experience medical problems and entered into meditative retirement in Malibu and Big Sur, California.[3]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ Wild, David. "Lloyd, Charles (F.)". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Charles Lloyd Biography" (PDF). Charles Lloyd Extended Biography. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ Wild, Barry. "Lloyd, Charles (F.)". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

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