The Flowering

The Flowering
The Flowering
Live album by Charles Lloyd
Released	July 1971
Recorded	July 23 & 24 and October 29, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:39
Label	Atlantic
Producer	George Avakian
Charles Lloyd chronology

The Flowering is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd performed in France and Norway by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette.

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "This set is even a bit better than the In Europe album due to the stronger (if more familiar) material".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

"Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 8:26
"Love-In/Island Blues" - 6:19
"Wilpan's" (Cecil McBee) - 6:39
"Gypsy '66" (Gábor Szabó) - 14:11
"Goin' to Memphis/Island Blues" - 7:04

Recorded on July 23 & 24 at Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France and October 29, 1966 at Aulaen Hall, Oslo, Norway

Personnel[edit]

Production[edit]

Meny Bloch - engineer

References[edit]

^ Billboard July 31, 1971
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 20, 2010.

[1] Billboard July 31, 1971

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 20, 2010.

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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)