Geeta (album)

Geeta
Geeta
Studio album by Charles Lloyd
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	Malibu Road and A&M Studios
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:47
Label	A&M
Producer	Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Geeta is the fifteenth studio album by jazz saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd. It was released by A&M Records as album SP 3046.^[4]

Reception[edit]

Billboard's 1973 review commented that "The fading Indian musical influence blending cogently with free flowing modern jazz is the end result here", and suggested that the second side was the more commercial.^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

Side A

"Geeta Suite" – 13:30
1. "Arjuna (Tender Warrior)"
2. "Song of Brindavan"
"Dance of the Gopis" – 6:25

Side B

"Stones Medley" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 11:08
1. "Backstreet Girl"
2. "Lady Jane"
3. "Mother's Little Helper"
"Maxfield" – 4:30
"Jungle Blues" – 2:12
"Berries" – 2:02

Sources:^[2]^[5]

Personnel[edit]

Charles Lloyd – flute, tenor saxophone
DeWayne "Blackbird" McKnight – guitar
Baba Alade – bass
Aashish Khan, Planish Khan – dholak

Production[edit]

Art direction – Roland Young
Cover art – Masami Teraoka
Album design – Chuck Beeson

Source:^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Charles Lloyd Complete Discography". charleslloyd.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Charles Lloyd – Geeta". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
^ "Charles Lloyd: Geeta". AllMusic.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. November 24, 1973. p. 52. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ "AOTW: Charles Lloyd – Geeta (SP-3046)". amcorner.com. A&M Records. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

[1] "Charles Lloyd Complete Discography". charleslloyd.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

[Discogs.com-2] "Charles Lloyd – Geeta". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

[3] "Charles Lloyd: Geeta". AllMusic.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

[Billboard-4] "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. November 24, 1973. p. 52. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[5] "AOTW: Charles Lloyd – Geeta (SP-3046)". amcorner.com. A&M Records. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

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v t e Charles Lloyd
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As 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)
With Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68)
With 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)
With The Beach Boys	Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
With 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)