Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Soundtrack

| type = live

| artist = Charles Lloyd

| cover = Soundtrack (Charles Lloyd album).jpg

| alt =

| released = January 17, 1969

| recorded = November 15, 1968

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 38:38

| label = Atlantic

| producer = George Avakian

| chronology = Charles Lloyd

| prev_title = Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union

| prev_year = 1967

| next_title = Moon Man

| next_year = 1970

}}

Soundtrack is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded at The Town Hall, New York City in 1968 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Ron McClure and Jack DeJohnette.[http://www.keithjarrett.it/keith-jarrett/discography/with-charles-lloyd/soundtrack/ Keith Jarrett discography] accessed January 22, 2010.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and states "Soundtrack, stomps with all the fury of a live gospel choir trying to claim Saturday night for God instead of the other guy... The band is in a heavy Latin mood, where the blues, samba, bossa, hard bop, modal, and even soul are drenched in the blues. With only four tunes presented, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, while a tad more dissonant than it had been in 1966 and 1967, swings much harder, rougher, and get-to-the-groove quicker than any band Lloyd had previously led... This band would split soon after, when Jarrett left to play with Miles Davis, but if this was a live swansong, they couldn't have picked a better gig to issue".Jurek, T. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r142883|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed January 22, 2010.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=901}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Charles Lloyd

  1. "Sombrero Sam" - 10:26
  2. "Voice in the Night - 9:06
  3. "Pre-Dawn" - 2:34
  4. "Forest Flower '69" - 16:51

:*Recorded on November 15, 1968, at the Town Hall, New York City

Personnel

Production

  • Eric Sherman - cover concept, photography
  • Haig Adishian - design
  • George Avakian - producer{{Citation |title=Charles Lloyd - Soundtrack |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/435168-Charles-Lloyd-Soundtrack |language=en |access-date=2022-12-26}}

References