Charles Lloyd & The Marvels – Tone Poet (2021) Day 5 of FV’s 12 Days of Christmas

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels gifted us a new album in 2021, and it’s an inspired one too. The Marvels are a piano-less ensemble with two guitarists – Bill Frisell plays the standard six-string, and Greg Leisz plays the pedal steel. This makes for some interesting arrangements, especially on tunes where you’d expect to hear a piano, like um, Monk’s Mood. The guitars manage to fill in a lot of the empty space where those 88 keys would be. … Continue reading