Notes from Big Sur


Notes from Big Sur is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in November 1991 and released on ECM April the following year. The quartet feature rhythm section Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Ralph [Peterson, Jr.|Ralph Peterson].

Reception

The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated: "Notes from Big Sur successfully portrays the California coastline for which it is named—picturesque and soothing, although rugged and at times forbidding."

Track listing

  1. "Requiem" - 8:00
  2. "Sister" - 8:51
  3. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22
  4. "Sam Song" - 7:54
  5. "Takur" - 4:27
  6. "Monk in Paris" - 9:38
  7. "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55
  8. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31

Personnel