Lloyd McNeill • Tori

 

Deep spiritual jazz meets Brazilian and Latin album first released as a private-press album in 1978 on flautist Lloyd McNeill’s own Baobob Record label in Washington, DC. The album has been out-of-print for 43 years and is lovingly remastered by Soul Jazz Records.

Tori is a stunning album that blends Brazilian and Latin flavours with deep Spiritual Jazz, recorded in 1978. The album features an unbelievably strong line-up which includes legendary Brazilian figures like Dom Um Romao, Nana Vasconcelos and Dom Salvador alongside jazz heavyweights such as Buster Williams, Howard Johnson, John La Barbera and more. These A-team musicians were all regulars in McNeill’s long-running and highly successfull resident live group in New York all set up to blend deep jazz, Brazilian and Latin music together.

Lloyd McNeill is an African-American flautist, painter, poet, and photographer born in Washington, D.C., in 1935. His multi-disciplinary creative life led to encounters and friendships with Nina Simone, Picasso, Eric Dolphy, Nana Vasconceles and other legendary cultural figures. Lloyd McNeill’s hypnotic ‘Washington Suite’ was originally commissioned as a piece of music for the Capital Ballet Company, in Washington, DC.

McNeill grew up through the era of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and his life and work is a reflection of those ideals. In the mid-1960s he moved to France where he became friends with Picasso, working with a number of émigré-jazz musicians whilst living in Paris. In the late 1960s he taught jazz and painting workshops at the New Thing Art and Architecture Center in Washington. In the 1970s he travelled throughout Brazil and West Africa studying music and taught music anthropology in the US.
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Un álbum de jazz espiritual profundo con mezcla de música brasileña y latina, publicado por primera vez en 1978 en el sello Baobob Record del flautista Lloyd McNeill en Washington, DC. El álbum ha estado agotado durante 43 años y ha sido remasterizado por Soul Jazz Records.

Tori es un álbum impresionante que mezcla sabores brasileños y latinos con un profundo Jazz Espiritual, grabado en 1978. El álbum cuenta con una formación increíblemente sólida que incluye a figuras brasileñas legendarias como Dom Um Romao, Nana Vasconcelos y Dom Salvador junto a pesos pesados del jazz como Buster Williams, Howard Johnson, John La Barbera y otros. Todos estos músicos del equipo A eran habituales del exitoso grupo residente de McNeill en Nueva York, creado para fusionar el jazz profundo con la música brasileña y latina.

Lloyd McNeill es un flautista, pintor, poeta y fotógrafo afroamericano nacido en Washington, D.C., en 1935. Su vida creativa multidisciplinar le llevó a tener encuentros y amistades con Nina Simone, Picasso, Eric Dolphy, Nana Vasconceles y otras figuras culturales legendarias. La hipnótica "Washington Suite" de Lloyd McNeill fue encargada originalmente como pieza musical para la Capital Ballet Company, en Washington, DC.

McNeill creció en la época del Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles, en la década de 1960, y su vida y obra son un reflejo de esos ideales. A mediados de los 60 se trasladó a Francia, donde entabló amistad con Picasso, y trabajó con varios músicos de jazz emigrados mientras vivía en París. A finales de los 60 impartió talleres de jazz y pintura en el New Thing Art and Architecture Center de Washington. En los años 70 viajó por Brasil y África Occidental estudiando música y enseñó antropología musical en Estados Unidos.
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Tracklist
1 - O Mercado (Brazilian Market) - 4:55
2 - Tori (Segment One) - 1:36
3 - Tzigane - 11:01
4 - Tori (Segment Two) - 0:43
5 - Sambinha - 5:20
6 - Time Still / Passaro - Pifaro (Flute Bird) - 8:53
7 - Tori (Segment Three) - 1:56
8 - Tranquil - 11:40


Credits:
    Acoustic Guitar – Amaury Tristao, John La Barbera
    Bass – Buster Williams
    Composed By, Arranged By, Producer, Flute – Lloyd McNeill
    Design – Ron DiScenza
    Drums – Victor Lewis
    Engineer [Recording & Mixing] – Vince McGarry
    Percussion – Dom Um Romao
    Photography By [Back Cover] – James Lott
    Photography By [Front Cover] – Roe Di Bona
    Piano – Dom Salvador
    Tuba – Howard Johnson
    Vocals, Percussion – Nana Vasconcelos

Notes
Recorded July 14, 1978 at Regent Sound Studios, Inc.

Label: Baobab Record Co. – BE-654, Baobab Record Co. – Baobab No. 2
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/1439701-Lloyd-McNeill-Tori

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