Lloyd McNeill

Soul Jazz Records are releasing flautist Lloyd McNeill’s album ‘Elegia’ (1980). Originally released on the artists’ own private press Baobab label in New York, the album is a serious collectors’ piece, a heavyweight and fascinating fusion of deep spiritual jazz with Brazilian rhythms and melodies. The album has been out of print for nearly 40 years.

This groundbreaking album is the culmination of Lloyd McNeill’s many years involved with Brazilian musicians and features the great percussionist Nana Vasconcelos alongside fellow Brazilians Portinho and Dom Salvador, and US jazz musicians including bassist Cecil McBee.

PERSONNEL:

• LLOYD McNEILL, flute, alto flute
• DOM SALVADOR, piano
• CECIL McBEE, bass
• PORTINHO, brazilian percussions
• CLAUDIO CELSO, guitar
• NANÁ VASCONCELOS, percussions & vocals
• SUSAN OSBORN, vocals

Recorded on December 18, 1979 in New York City

TRACKS:

• A1. Samba For The Animals
• A2. Behind The Wind [Flute Solo]
• A3. Asha II
• A4. Elegiac Suite For Elizabeth

• B1a. Time
• B1b. The Mighty River
• B1c. The Wind
• B2. Striped Pants [With Cadenza]
• B3. Memory Cycle