''Discovery!'' is the debut album by
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saxophonist
Charles Lloyd released on the
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label featuring performances by Lloyd with
Don Friedman
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Fr ...
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Eddie Khan
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* Bill Barron: ''Modern Windows Suite'' ( Sav ...
,
Roy Haynes
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Richard Davis and
J.C. Moses
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review by
Scott Yanow
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awarded the album 4 stars and states "Lloyd's Coltrane-inspired sound was already in place, and his flute playing was becoming distinctive. The music is essentially melodic but advanced hard bop, a strong start to an important career".
[Yanow, S. ]Allmusic Review
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accessed 21 October 2009 The piece "Ol' Five Spot" is a homage to the legendary New York
jazz club of the same name.
The album was also released with the title ''Bizarre'' in the UK, at the time.
Track listing
''All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated.''
# "Forest Flower" - 7:54
# "How Can I Tell You" - 5:16
# "Little Peace" - 6:32
# "Bizarre" - 4:20
# "
Days of Wine and Roses" (
Henry Mancini
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,
Johnny Mercer
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) - 5:53
# "Sweet Georgia Bright" - 5:45
# "Love Song to a Baby" - 5:56
# "Ol' Five Spot" - 6:34
Personnel
Tracks 1, 4-5, 8
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Charles Lloyd -
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,
flute
*
Don Friedman
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Early life
Fr ...
- piano
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Eddie Khan
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Discography As sideman
* Bill Barron: ''Modern Windows Suite'' ( Sav ...
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Roy Haynes
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Tracks 2-3, 6-7
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Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone, flute
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Don Friedman
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Early life
Fr ...
- piano
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Richard Davis - bass
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J. C. Moses
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He was born John Curtis Moses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and first began playing around Pittsburgh in the 1950s with Stanley Turrentine and brother Tommy T ...
- drums
Production
*Henry Parker - photography
References
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1964 debut albums
Columbia Records albums
Charles Lloyd (jazz musician) albums
Albums produced by George Avakian