Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Charles is so amazing! 85 years old and out on tour right now. Keep blowin', man!

[@lindenbutler52952]

The Master of sound! I am so amazed how he manipulates those tones out of his sax! I can listen to his “Live at Monterey-Sunrise Sunset” album, and never grow tired of his playing. Long may he reign!

[@sommelierofstench]

swagged the fuck out in $700 of patagonia gear

[@wafflelaffle]

I fuckin' laughed way too hard to this comment

[@shnootch]

lloyd's pitch thing allows him wiggle room, tonally, and emotionally, I guess.you always know it's him. always appreciate his band mates. love jason moran.

[@jamespoole2425]

Lloyd's " Hagar's Lullaby" - at once reverential but yet superbly soulful. Mighty blessed is the "Prayer" that sheds petition for joyful transcendence.

[@JessicaDominic]

A little jazz for the afternoon is just what I needed...

[@JBCo2012]

Jessica Dominic My kind of Woman.

[@warvandal3443]

I havn't listened to Lloyd since the days of Keith Jarrett etc. He was on tenor back then. I believe Michel Petrucciani got him playing again around 81 and they made some records (which I must check out) Nice to hear the alto

[@fabivilla2442]

When Jason Moran starts using the damper pedal the mellowed tone makes his playing sound like it’s trying to break free from the piano! With a quick release of the pedal his bright percussive tone slices through the air

[@Sured70]

Wow! Only just seen this, what a lovely sound to savour, just what we need in our busy lifestyle. Time to reflect 🎶

[@abasiote]

A great and rare moment. Thank you very much!☀️🙏🏽

[@marseillex]

i love you npr music, i love you jason, i lova ya charles. thank you for your music.

[@ParadoxAssassin]

Some fine jazz coming straight to your home via Tiny Desk

[@lionsteve29]

Sublime...cool ......and a journey away from the madness of this world..

[@Cupofgo]

This is beautiful .And it's good to know they opened up the piano and re-tuned it after Ben Folds punched it into submission. :)

[@warvandal3443]

flippin grand piano for Chic Corea - spoilt git!

[@JBCo2012]

Cupofgo Ben Folds LOL Almost as hideous as the ghost of hateful michelle shocked and fawning over #taylorwho #chrissysissywillman

[@camera55mauromachado23]

Two great & fantastic musicians.

[@MaryannaChanteuse]

Superbe et magique !! ♥ Mille bravos à ce magnifique duo ♥!!

[@cubanohernandez2031]

Amo!!!! como suena Lloyd en el alto !!!!!

[@faidonoftheditoo]

9:04 - 9:11 did anyone else notice the Coltrane quote?

[@warvandal3443]

love supreme?

[@kay_langhammer_music]

I came to the comment section to see if someone else noticed...

[@thotballune]

A love supreme!

[@warvandal3443]

This is superb! A saxophone player myself, I have never felt comfy with theory. I feel it is a form of dyslexia with me. I couldn't comprehend maths as a child at school - when I became interested in music, I found conventional study too 'mathematical'. Actually became very depressed for a while as I wanted to grow but could not read dots or understand the theory. I had to 'feel' the music. It was the only way for me. Of course it only takes you so far, but what you DO produce is heartfelt and sincere. And it always cooks. Always swings....

[@076657]

Theory is nothing more than giving a name to the things you hear. If you have good ears theory should be just a way to organize the colors, thoughts... I love math, but I hate jazz theory as it is teached. I hate the altered scale, it kills all the fun and life of transcribing a C.Parker lick using b9 and #9, then finding out that what monk is using in that II-V is the #11 ... etc That's why theory by itself is useless. The altered scale means nothing to me, what does mean something is falling in love with how Charlie Parker puts a b9 in the beginning of his solo in My Little Suede Shoes, finding out how he phrases it...

[@warvandal3443]

+passerell cheers passerell - wise words..

[@BeastAtBariSax123]

I feel the same way. I played sax in middle and high school and always felt the music.

[@fishbrehth]

you all are onto the right ideas, i cannot claim to know what music you've produced as it actually is but what you "play" and what you "know" are only dependent upon each other if you want them to be. even charlie parker had songs that he called "ballads", of course his definition of a ballad is far removed from what the rest of us would call it. the point i think, is to simply remember that as much inspiration as you draw from other people, it's only what "YOU" hear or what "YOU" feel that matters anyhow. what i mean is that you play, and you want to like what you play, and it's gotta be the certain way you like it. nothing about anybody else's playing is gonna change that in the end. you can emulate charlie parker but you can't be him, and as a metaphor: you can't really be anybody but yourself. you're always going to play what you want to, and hear what you want to in a certain way. the truth is that you study theory and keep playing so that you can develop yourself the way "you" want to, with intention. if you can sit down with no theory in your pocket and just work on some embouchure and strengthen your fingers and play blind, and you come out of that doing exactly what you wanted to, then you're done, that's it. you'll be satisfied sitting in your rocker for the rest of your days playing solos to the wind. most of us don't sit down and feel comfortable with that. even when you're satisfied with what you already played, then there's what's next, and what's after that. and if you want to just keep feeling it out, again totally fine, but if you want to study it, learn it, and be able to play it, and play it in the way that you hear, and play it in the way that you hear other cultures play it, and play it the way that they played it back in the 1700's just to fill out your repertoire... etc. etc. etc. etc. you're gonna need a little theory... ;) cheers mis amis

[@warvandal3443]

+Bónne B I cannot argue with your words man. "Study the history then play like you have forgotten it". The way to heaven. To play instantaneous to thought. Peace bro

[@bobbymobay]

Really nice tone from Charles and Jason Moran continues amazingly!

[@andresleonardohernandezgut5105]

beautiful sound

[@kaisinphilippe676]

Ah,ils vont bien tout les deux!Lloyd bon pied,bon œil à des quatre vingts piges où presque, toujours moderne et le pianiste(très bon!)écoutant parfois l'ancêtre avec surprise et ravissement se lancer dans un swing endiablé!Vingt dieu,ça fait un bien fou!J'aime leurs univers!

[@bobleroe3859]

What a wonderful performance.

[@oscarnavarrooficial]

combinación perfecta 2 grandes 👏

[@ArtBusker]

Esto es Sublime !!!

[@ospringate]

Wonderful - transcendental - consoling

[@Ihbaworldsax]

My perfect morning Blend!

[@TheKarlArsch]

Must be cold in the office.

[@bloodmoonhowl]

That is not false

[@TheDruidKing]

He just attained a whole new level of cool

[@Kendall_Miles]

lol!!!

[@alansenzaki4148]

Lol!!

[@fudgepellet2481]

that's what happens with Public funding. Pledge today!

[@voxbardamu947]

wonderful ♥

[@pepperwilliams4428]

Charles Lloyd is still the man. However, I prefer him forever on tenor sax!

[@mhoyoux]

..I would be pleased to know what does Charles LLOYD play as saxophone and mouthpiece...???! Old CONN ? SELMER?

[@jalebjaba1487]

I’m pretty sure he plays A Selmer Vl Tenor , the alto looks like one with A custom neck . Just guessing,But I saw him playing A Selmer Tenor among other unique instruments.

[@davidsharfstein8061]

He plays a conn tenor

[@ibrahimmoss]

Wow. Wow! Wow!!

[@miciomatto1]

Top❤

[@alansenzaki4148]

Nice sound from a vintage selmer markV with a hard rubber mouthpiece....or is it a conn?

[@MrCparking]

It is a Selmer Balanced Action, made 1936-47, one can see the inline right hand stack at the end of the recording. A very fine exemple that looks straight out of a time capsule.

[@johnmills2274]

Wow my grandfather might have helped make it@@MrCparking

[@fishbrehth]

chucky so cool he need two jackets just to sit on a jam

[@ОтарУдгатар]

true music

[@caiolopes1674]

Quanta beleza!

[@jasondavisjazz]

Nice. Tenor Reed!

[@chicotico4053]

Found my home

[@williamgabriel2286]

cool ...

[@septemberspassion]

Does anyone know the 2 main piano chords he plays in the middle of the 2nd song without the saxophone?

[@bladome]

el arte del duo

[@rinahall]

are you a bot?

[@gabrielmelodia]

GOOD *.*

[@faateris]

Jason is like : now. who laughing? . in the very end. thats just funny

[@ProfJahPinpin]

J'adore Charles Lloyd au ténor, mais à l'alto, sa justesse approximative me gène beaucoup, je dois dire...

[@christopherhagedorn6623]

Son alto ne me gene pas du tout: ca me fait sourrire au cour

[@rinahall]

il est nul depuis les 60's et il joue faux comme pas possible ! Lui, David Murray et Shepp !!! Au secours !!!!

[@renepythoud1565]

Contrast

[@sidihack]

get kamasi!

[@xero471]

Coltrane))

[@kirks-kz4oc]

I always loved listening to Charles Lloyd but watching him (here, for the first time watching), I wondered between songs if he's ok. I wonder if that his norm, his age, a combination, or?

[@nullnull2628]

Forth

[@Brandon75689]

Like an older version of dennis hopper on sax.

[@mindbodylightsound10]

should have tuned to the piano before he started playing. that first piano note is terribad out of tune with the sax and most of the rest of the first song.

[@BeastAtBariSax123]

They're both out of tune. The alto is obviously a bit flat. They clash pretty hard.

[@mindbodylightsound10]

Tyler Hewish-Schmid typical jazz

[@iananderson12796]

+mindbodylightsound10 typical? What are you talking about man!?

[@mindbodylightsound10]

Ian Anderson many jazz saxophonists chronically play out-of-tune

[@iananderson12796]

+mindbodylightsound10 who knew? Not me. Thanks!

[@rinahall]

out of tune sax

[@vova47]

Yawn.....zzzzzzz.......

[@robertrosenberg6900]

to pretentious for words expressionless stealing from Cecil monk trane sorry paraphrasing and quoting Lloyd sounds good on alto then he screws off...aahh those were the days then we grew up

[@JBCo2012]

Robert Rosenberg Poor boy who is obviously JEALOUS! What a killjoy too.

[@BongoFury33]

jealous troll

[@rinahall]

Charles Lloyd = overrated ! Random pentatonic minor scales all around all the time with out of tune sound.

[@dfwherbie8814]

Lol 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@ospringate]

It takes a Buddha to recognise a Buddha

[@mikeikeike260]

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