Notes from Big Sur

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Notes from Big Sur
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Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedNovember 1991
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre Jazz
Length60:38
Label ECM
ECM 1465
Producer Manfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology
Fish Out of Water
(1991)
Notes from Big Sur
(1992)
Acoustic Masters I
(1993)

Notes from Big Sur is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in November 1991 and released on ECM April the following year. The quartet feature rhythm section Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Ralph Peterson.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Notes from Big Sur successfully portrays the California coastline for which it is named—picturesque and soothing, although rugged and at times forbidding." [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd
  1. "Requiem" - 8:00
  2. "Sister" - 8:51
  3. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22
  4. "Sam Song" - 7:54
  5. "Takur" - 4:27
  6. "Monk in Paris" - 9:38
  7. "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55
  8. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Adler, D. R. AllMusic Review accessed January 28, 2010.
  2. Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 901. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.