The Water Is Wide (Charles Lloyd album)

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The Water Is Wide
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Studio album by
Charles Lloyd
ReleasedAugust 21, 2000
RecordedDecember 1999
StudioCello Studios
Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length68:21
Label ECM
ECM 1734
Producer Manfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology
Voice in the Night
(1999)		The Water Is Wide
(2000)		 Hyperion with Higgins
(2001)

The Water Is Wide is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in December 1999 and released on ECM August the following year. The quintet features rhythm section John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier and Billy Higgins, with a guest appearance from bassist Darek Oles. The session, which also produced Hyperion with Higgins (2001), was one of Higgins' last before his death in 2001.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The AllMusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a glorious amalgam of sound." [1]

The All About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita states, "Charles Lloyd has rarely sounded better as the musicians seemingly interrogate each other’s souls during these sixty-eight enlightening minutes. Without a doubt, The Water Is Wide should find its way into quite a few top ten lists for the year 2000. Highly recommended". [4] In another review for the same website C. Andrew Hovan stated "the chemistry is solid throughout, making Lloyd’s seventh ECM album particularly special." [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated
  1. "Georgia" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:38
  2. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) - 5:02
  3. "Black Butterfly" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:36
  4. "Ballade and Allegro" - 3:45
  5. "Figure in Blue" - 5:13
  6. "Lotus Blossom" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:39
  7. "The Monk and the Mermaid" - 8:35
  8. "Song of Her" (Cecil McBee) - 7:37
  9. "Lady Day" - 7:29
  10. "Heaven" (Ellington) - 4:15
  11. "There Is a Balm in Gilead" (Traditional) - 5:13
  12. "Prayer" - 4:19

Personnel

Musicians

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References

  1. 1 2 Adler, D. R. Allmusic Review accessed January 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 902. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Astarita, G. The Water Is Wide review All about Jazz, September 1, 2000
  5. ↑ Hovan, C. A. The Water Is Wide review All about Jazz, September 1, 2000
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