Charles Lloyd

Charles Lloyd is an American tenor saxophonist and flautist, born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1938. He moved to Los Angeles in 1956, worked with Chico Hamilton and Cannonball Adderley, and in 1966 formed a quartet with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Cecil McBee. Its live album Forest Flower, recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival, became one of the most successful jazz records of the decade. Lloyd largely withdrew from jazz in the 1970s and returned in 1981, touring with pianist Michel Petrucciani.