CHARLES LLOYD (US) / VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2025

The Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival presents an exclusive event - a meeting with the legendary jazz saxophonist Charles Loyd. His performance in Vilnius is a rare occasion for Lithuanian jazz fans to see a true genre icon live. Guitarist Carlos Santana Ch. Lloyd calls the global value. He is seconded by one of the most important publications in the genre, Jazzwise: "Ch. Lloyd is one of the big ones, much like Joan Miro in contemporary art - he has no levels except himself. Exciting and charming music." Manfred Eicher, the founder of ECM, compares his jazz with Albert Giacometti painting. In 1966, Ch. Lloyd Quartet's Forest Flower became the first record in jazz music history, selling more than a million copies. Next year, the most important magazine of this genre, Downbeat, was selected by a jazz artist of the year and went to a global jazz tour for the first time in the Baltic coast - despite the ban on Soviet officials to ban the concert. "Lloyd's music was then gave the fullness of inner freedom," recalls Vyacheslav Ganelin, a Lithuanian jazz first. It took as much as 30 years to make jazz visionary Ch. Lloyd would reach Lithuania-in the spring of 1997 his saxophone was performed at Kaunas Jazz Festival, and a decade later he performed in Vilnius. Last year, the Downbeat musician was included in the Jazz Fame Museum, and the latest Ch. Lloyd's album "The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow" selected the year album of the year. This is the first studio jazz titanium post after a 7-year break, published on his 86th birthday. Pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade plays together. "I am inspired by the absolute, endless space, what we all look for, consciously or unconsciously. Every time I play, I am involved in ecstasy from a lot of opportunities. Every one of my play, it is a new opportunity to tell the truth. In fact, I live in music, music is my home." - In presenting this album, Ch. Lloyd is quoted by Jūratė Kučinskaitė, host of the LRT show "Jazz Passage". "It is a music full of passion, depth, quality and lively ensemble conversation" by journalist Laima Slepkovaitė. This year's World Jazz Journalists' Association Awards JJA Jazz Awards Ch. Lloyd was nominated in as many as 5 categories. Ch. Lloyd was born in 1938. In Memphis, Tennessee, where vibrant blues, gospel and jazz musical traditions flourished. After playing the saxophone from the age of 9, the boy learned to play and gained experience in listening to the radio classic music. Later, the young man moved to Los Angeles, where he studied music at university during the day, and at night he was drowned with Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, Don Cherry and other Western coastal jazz performers. In the 1960s, Lloyd became a significant figure on the world jazz scene. He formed his quartet with pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Jack Dejohnette. The ensemble's work immediately came into the horizons of jazz music fans and critics-in 1966, their albums Dream Weaver and Love In became one of the most popular in America. In the same year, the Forest Flower: Live AT Monterey Quartet combined the worlds of jazz and growing rock audiences - for the first time in jazz history, a million sold copies sold. Despite the commercial success, Lloyd decided to leave the public and moved to the Big Sur area in California, seeking spiritual peace and a deeper connection with music. "Music is a healing force. It manages to transcend all the boundaries, touch the depths of the heart. I can express everything that lies in me, words do not need it," said a musician practicing transcendental meditation. This period of self -reflection has made it possible to get to know various musical traditions and philosophies that further enriched his work: “Jazz is the music of freedom and amazement. It inspires, elevates, touches the heart and heals. It transforms. ” During that period, the saxophonist collaborated with the well -known rock band The Beach Boys, created and worked with them in the studio and concerts. Together with auxiliary musicians, he founded a band Celebration and recorded two albums. Ch. Lloyd can be heard in Canned Heat, The Doors and others. In the middle of the eighties, the musician returned to the jazz scene with a new inspiration and released a series of albums reflecting the changing saxophonist's musical vision. New musical partners: pianist Jason Moran, drummer Billy Higgins and guitarist John Abercrombie have further expanded the sound spectrum. Lloyd calls himself a "audio seeker" who is constantly exploring the transforming power of music: "My music breathes. It is a sound mysticism. I am a sound seeker, I am fascinated by what the sound can do, how it changes molecules and elevates people."
Ch. Lloyd's concert in Vilnius is a significant event in cultural life. Approaching the 90s, Ch. Lloyd remains a vibrant force in the jazz world, constantly expanding the genre, not forgetting the root of the genre. The upcoming concert in Vilnius is a unique opportunity to hear a living legend and feel the power of real art. "Following the career of Charles Lloyd, you will see a map of the great jazz that covers more than half a century. His performances, full of momentum and intuition, perfectly reflect the idea that the best jazz needs to be lived live." - writes The New York Times.

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