It’s rainy.\u00a0 It’s Monday.\u00a0 The double.\u00a0 There are two dominant responses.\u00a0 One is the upbeat-to-overcome.\u00a0 We’re not feeling that one right now.\u00a0 The other is redemptive reflection.\u00a0 That’s the one right now.<\/p>\n
The perfect soundtrack to any mood can always be found in jazz, including today’s indigo. And one of our favorites is Santa Barbara resident Charles Lloyd<\/strong><\/a>, who has been subtly supplying some of the best jazz recordings and performances in the genre on-and-off for nearly 60 years (Lloyd<\/strong> just turned 75 in March).\u00a0 Recently he has collaborated with insightful young pianist Jason Moran<\/strong>.\u00a0 Today Lloyd and Moran’s collaborations on “covers” of a couple of Brian Wilson’s<\/strong> songs are meshing perfectly with the day’s surroundings.\u00a0 (The covers are a natural since Lloyd played on some of The Beach Boys<\/strong> studio recordings and was a member of their touring band in the late ’60s and ’70s).\u00a0 Check out two examples of the Lloyd\/Moran\/Quartet collaboration below: the gorgeous God Only Knows<\/strong> <\/em>off the recent Lloyd\/Moran<\/strong> album Hagar’s Song<\/strong> and a live recording of Caroline No<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Lloyd explained the cover of the latter to Charles Donelan<\/strong> of The Independent<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0 “The Beach Boys have been friends and allies for me since the beginning. I love Brian Wilson<\/strong> and what he can do with harmony. ‘Caroline, No’ has a lot of yearning in it, and a kind of wistfulness. Caroline\u2019s a sad girl, but I made her mine. I feel like I just kind of took her up here on the hill and held her hand for a while. So that\u2019s how that one came\u00a0about.”<\/p>\n Check both covers below, and then go buy the fantastic Hagar’s Song<\/strong> HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you need more, check out at bottom the revered concert video of the Lloyd\/Zakir Hussain\/Eric Harland “Sangam Trio”<\/strong> collaboration.<\/p>\n