Canto (Charles Lloyd album)

Canto
Canto
Studio album by Charles Lloyd
Released	June 3, 1997
Recorded	December 1996
Studio	Rainbow Studio; Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz; post-bop;
Length	65:15
Label	ECM; ECM 1635
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology

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

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd

"Tales of Rumi" – 16:41
"How Can I Tell You" – 6:18
"Desolation Sound" – 6:05
"Canto" – 13:20
"Nachiketa's Lament" – 6:18
"M" – 13:13
"Durga Durga" – 3:20

Personnel

Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, Tibetan oboe
Bobo Stenson – piano
Anders Jormin – double bass
Billy Hart – drums

References

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

[1] ECM Records catalogue Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 25, 2010.

[Allmusic-2] Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed January 25, 2010.

[3] Henderson, A. Canto review All about Jazz, October 1, 1997

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 901. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-5] Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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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)