Athens Concert
2011 live album by Charles Lloyd and Maria Farantouri
Athens Concert | ||||
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Live album by Charles Lloyd and Maria Farantouri | ||||
Released | 2011 | |||
Recorded | June 2010 | |||
Venue | Herod Atticus Odeon Athens, Greece | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 87:04 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 2205/06 | |||
Producer | Dorothy Darr, Manfred Eicher | |||
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Athens Concert is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd and his quartet with Greek singer Maria Farantouri, recorded in June 2010 and released on ECM the following year.[1]
Reception
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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Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated
Disc One:
- "Kratissa Ti Zoi Mou" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 5:59
- "Dream Weaver" - 8:10
- "Blow Wind" - 5:34
- "Requiem" (Agathi Dimitrouka, Lloyd) - 5:57
- "Greek Suite Part 1: Hymnos Stin Ayia Triada" - (Traditional) - 4:03
- "Greek Suite Part 1: Epano Sto Xero Homa" (Theodorakis) - 2:52
- "Greek Suite Part 1: Messa Stous Paradissious Kipous" (Theodorakis) - 4:49
- "Taxidi Sta Kythera" (Eleni Karaindrou) - 4:35
Disc Two:
- "Prayer" - 7:58
- "Greek Suite Part 2: Vlefaro Mou" (Nikos Kypourgos, Lina Nikolakopoulou) - 3:32
- "Greek Suite Part 2: Margaritarenia" (Traditional) - 1:29
- "Greek Suite Part 2: Thalassaki Mou" (Traditional) - 2:57
- "Greek Suite Part 3: Epirotiko Meroloi" (Traditional) - 6:28
- "Greek Suite Part 3: Kægomæ Kæ Sigoliono" (Traditional) - 5:00
- "Greek Suite Part 3: Mori Kontoula Lemonia" (Traditional) - 2:40
- "Greek Suite Part 3: AlismonoKæ Hæromæ" (Traditional) - 3:06
- "Greek Suite Part 3: Tou Hel'To Kastron" (Traditional) - 4:28
- "Yanni Mou" (Traditional) - 7:27
Personnel
- Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, alto flute, tarogato
- Maria Farantouri - voice
- Jason Moran - piano
- Reuben Rogers - bass
- Eric Harland - drums
- Socratis Sinopoulos - lyra
- Takis Farazis - piano
References
- v
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Charles Lloyd
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
leader or
co-leader
- Nirvana (1962–65)
- Discovery! (1964)
- Of Course, of Course (1965)
- Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966)
- Dream Weaver (1966)
- Forest Flower (1966)
- The Flowering (1966)
- Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967)
- Journey Within (1967)
- Love-In (1967)
- Soundtrack (1968)
- Moon Man (1970)
- Warm Waters (1971)
- Geeta (1973)
- Autumn in New York (1979)
- Montreux 82 (1982)
- A Night in Copenhagen (1983)
- Fish Out of Water (1989)
- Notes from Big Sur (1991)
- Acoustic Masters I (1993)
- The Call (1993)
- All My Relations (1994)
- Canto (1996)
- Voice in the Night (1998)
- Hyperion with Higgins (1999)
- The Water Is Wide (1999)
- Which Way Is East (2001)
- Lift Every Voice (2002)
- Jumping the Creek (2004)
- Sangam (2004)
- Rabo de Nube (2007)
- Mirror (2009)
- Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010)
- Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012)
- Wild Man Dance (2013)
- I Long to See You (2015)
- Passin' Thru (2016)
- 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020)
- Tone Poem (2021)
Cannonball
Adderley
- Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
- Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964)
- Radio Nights (1967–68)
Chico
Hamilton
- Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960)
- The Chico Hamilton Special (1960)
- Drumfusion (1962)
- Passin' Thru (1962)
- A Different Journey (1963)
- Man from Two Worlds (1963)
- Chic Chic Chico (1965)
The
Beach
Boys
- Surf's Up (released 1971)
- Holland (1972)
- 15 Big Ones (released 1976)
- M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
others
- Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971)
- Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978)
- Celebration (Celebration, released 1979)
- Les McCann Sings (1961)
- Roger McGuinn (1973)
- Full Circle (The Doors, 1972)
- Vanished Gardens (2018)