Date: September, 1966
Release: RHINO R2 71746
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Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966, Forest Flower was the jazz soundtrack of the Flower Power movement. Always accessible and majestic, the Charles Lloyd Quartet was recorded here at the peak of its powers. The title track, “Forest Flower,” actually is split into two parts, “Sunrise” and “Sunset,” which merge together seamlessly to form a single piece of astonishing unity, with Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJonette playing beyond the point of empathy. There is such sheer beauty and lyricism in the music that 30 years later it still gives goose bumps. It is almost impossible to be unmoved by “Forest Flower–Sunset,” particularly when Keith Jarrett reaches inside the piano to pound out extraordinary sounds.
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