Figure In Blue

In March 2025, the legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd convened a new trio of musical explorers with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar for his 87th birthday concert at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara and immediately brought them into the studio to record his remarkable twelfth Blue Note album, Figure In Blue. The spacious double album travels wide expanses of musical terrain from beautiful ballads to raw Delta blues and includes stunning homages to both Duke Ellington and Zakir Hussain.

CD 1:

1. Abide With Me
2. Hina Hanta, the way of peace
3. Figure In Blue, memories of Duke
4. Desolation Sound
5. Ruminations
6. Chulahoma
7. Song My Lady Sings

CD 2:

1. The Ghost of Lady Day
2. Blues for Langston
3. Heaven
4. Black Butterfly
5. Ancient Rain
6. Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir
7. Somewhere