Athens Concert | ||||
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Released | 2011 | |||
Recorded | June 2010 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 87:04 | |||
Label | ECM | |||
Producer | Dorothy Darr, Manfred Eicher | |||
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Athens Concert is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd and the Greek singer Maria Farantouri. Recorded in 2010 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet with Maria Farantouri and released on the ECM label. [1]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 1⁄2 stars and states "The Athens Concert is truly inspirational and quite a watermark in a career full of them for Lloyd". [2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
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