Forest Flower

{{Infobox album

| name = Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey

| type = Live

| cover = Forest Flower, Charles Lloyd at Monterey cover art.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 21, 1967[https://books.google.com/books?id=LCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=charles+Lloyd+Forest+Flower&pg=PA4 Billboard Mar 18, 1967]

| recorded = September 8, 1966
New York City (#3–4)
September 18, 1966
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 39:17

| label = Atlantic
SD 1473

| producer = George Avakian

| chronology = Charles Lloyd

| prev_title = Dream Weaver

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = The Flowering

| next_year = 1966

}}

Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette. The album was a crossover hit, becoming popular on FM rock radio, and becoming one of the first jazz albums to sell over one million copies.{{cite web|title=Arrows Into Infinity|publisher=ECM Records|url=https://ecmrecords.com/product/arrows-into-infinity-charles-lloyd/|accessdate=January 16, 2023}}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "It is difficult to believe that, with players so young (and having been together under a year), Lloyd was able to muster a progressive jazz that was so far-reaching and so undeniably sophisticated, yet so rich and accessible... By the time the band reaches its final number they have touched upon virtually the entire history of jazz and still pushed it forward with seamless aplomb. Forest Flower is a great live record".Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142875|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed January 20, 2010.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA