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Canto (Charles Lloyd album)

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Canto
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 1997
RecordedDecember 1996
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre
Length65:15
LabelECM
ECM 1635
ProducerManfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology
All My Relations
(1995)
Canto
(1997)
Voice in the Night
(1999)

Canto is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in December 1996 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Billy Hart.[1]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated that "Canto is the song of a master who employs all of his tools in the creation of a work of art".[2]

The All About Jazz review by Alex Henderson stated: "Lloyd, like Trane, has always been very spiritual, and there's no way getting around the fact that spirituality is a crucial part of Canto. The rewarding post-bop session has a meditative quality, and Lloyd's modal improvisations draw heavily on Middle Eastern and Asian spiritual music... [a] strong addition to Lloyd's catalogue."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Lloyd
  1. "Tales of Rumi" – 16:41
  2. "How Can I Tell You" – 6:18
  3. "Desolation Sound" – 6:05
  4. "Canto" – 13:20
  5. "Nachiketa's Lament" – 6:18
  6. "M" – 13:13
  7. "Durga Durga" – 3:20

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM Records catalogue Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ Henderson, A. Canto review All about Jazz, October 1, 1997
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 901. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.