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RoJaC - Robert's Jazz Corner |
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If you have dreamed of such a box set, comprising all recordings Charles Lloyd had done for the Columbia label in the mid-1960s, you should suggest to Sony Music to reissue this material on its Legacy label. There is a page for doing so: http://www.legacyrecordings.com/DearLegacy/sugg.html
Such a set would include Lloyd's very first albums as a leader, recorded before he started his famous quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette. This material is of historic importance and would certainly deserve a high-quality treatment as we know it from Legacy. With sidemen such as Tony Williams, Ron Carter, and guitarist Gabor Szabo they play some of Lloyd's best known tunes, including his hit Forest Flower. Except for an out-of-print release of Discovery!, all this material has never been issued on CD!
Albums on Columbia are: