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Lloyd & The Marvels have released the new single "Defiant," the spellbinding opening incantation of Lloyd's forthcoming album Vanished Gardens, which is a fascinating collaboration between the NEA Jazz Master saxophonist and the acclaimed GRAMMY-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams, who appears on half of the album's 10 songs. "Defiant" follows the release of "We've Come Too Far To Turn Around" featuring Williams, which Stereogum called "an exciting hybrid of jazz, blues, and country rock." The Marvels are Bill Frisell on guitar, Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar and dobro, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Eric Harland on drums.
"We know each other better now and therefore we can travel more freely down certain paths," says Lloyd, reflecting upon how The Marvels have evolved since their 2016 debut I Long To See You, which NPR described as "music that evokes an uncommon state of grace." That album featured guest vocals from both Willie
Nelson and Norah Jones, but the collaborative nature the band has nurtured with Williams has led them to even greater heights of expression. "I think on the new recording we were able to let go and plunge deeply into the sound,"
Lloyd says.
Williams is featured on five tracks on Vanished Gardens, including expansive new versions of her well-known songs "Dust," "
Ventura" and "Unsuffer Me," as well as a full-hearted interpretation of Jimi Hendrix's "
Angel" that closes the album. Alternating with the vocal tracks are five sublime instrumental offerings including three new
Lloyd originals and versions of Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Mood" and the
Roberta Flack popularized song "Ballad of The Sad Young Men."
Lloyd celebrated his 80th birthday in March, and is marking the milestone throughout 2018 with special concerts, residencies, festival performances including the Newport Jazz Festival where
Lloyd will be the Artist In Residence performing three sets with different bands.
Lloyd and Williams will appear together this weekend at the Playboy Jazz Festival (June 10), as well as upcoming performances at Newport Jazz Festival (August 5), Monterey Jazz Festival (September 23), Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater (December 14-15), and more.
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Lloyd - Tour Dates:
June 10 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
June 27 - Leopolis Jazz Festival - Lviv, Ukraine - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
June 28 - Krakow Summer Jazz Festival - Krakow, Poland - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
June 30 - Porgy & Bess - Vienna, Austria - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 1 - MOM - Budapest, Hungary - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Mikis Lucaks
July 3 - Associazione Cuturale Musicale - Bari, Italy - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 5 - New Morning - Paris, France - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 6 - Vijazz - Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 7 - Noches Botanicos - Madrid, Spain - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 9 - Piazza Farinata degli Uberti - Empoli, Italy - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 11 - Copenhagen Jazz Festival - Copenhagen, Denmark - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
July 13 - North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
August 3 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI - Sangam
August 4 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI - Charles
Lloyd New Quartet
August 5 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI - Charles
Lloyd &
Friends with Lucinda Williams
September 21 - Stanford Live - Palo Alto, CA - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
September 23 - Monterey Jazz Festival - Monterey, CA - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
September 28 - Germantown Performing Arts Center - Memphis, TN - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels
December 4 - Coates Chapel @ Southwest School of Art - San Antonio, TX - Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell &
Thomas Morgan
December 6 - Zellerbach @ UC
Berkeley - Berkeley, CA - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
December 8 - Michigan Theater - Ann Arbor, MI - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
December 10 - Carolina Theater - Durham, NC - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
December 14 - Rose Theater @ Jazz at Lincoln Center - New York, NY - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
December 15 - Rose Theater @ Jazz at Lincoln Center - New York, NY - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
December 16 - Berklee Theater - Boston, MA - Charles
Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
