Charles Lloyd

Winner of Down Beat 2024 critics poll: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Saxophonist of the Year, Jazz Hall of Fame! "Mr. Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the American experience, part abandoned and wild, part immensely controlled and sophisticated." Peter Watrous, The New York Times

“Charles Lloyd is an international treasure.” Carlos Santana

Charles Lloyd is an NEA Jazz Master and a recipient of the French Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He continues to break down barriers and oen the doors of creativity.

“Follow the career of Charles Lloyd, and you see a map of great jazz across half a century. His shows, full of momentum and intuition, perfectly represent the idea that the best jazz needs to be experienced live.” The New York Times

“He's expansive in his musical discourse yet without a wasted note.” Wall Street Journal

“Jazz improvisation as complex and far-reaching as the Lloyd quartet had to offer can be a daunting listening experience. … The listener is taken on a journey through gravity-less improvisational space. To the credit of Lloyd and his players, that journey was illuminated by one musical enlightenment after another.” Los Angeles Times

"Lloyd is one of the greats, rather like Joan Miro in modern art, he has no peer save himself. Music of total transport and delight." Jazzwise