Lloyd, Charles/Billy Higgins / Which Way Is East
Album: Which Way Is East   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Lloyd, Charles/Billy Higgins   Added:Apr 2004
Label:Ecm Records (Jazz)  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-05-17 Pull Date: 2004-07-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jul 18 Jul 11 Jun 27 Jun 20 Jun 6 May 30 May 23
Airplays: 1 1 3 2 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 12, 2016: Rebop
The Forest
4. Jul 15, 2004: Umami Jazz Program
Prayer, Sanctuary
2. Jun 26, 2015: Rebop
Advaita, Wild Orchids Bloom
5. Jul 09, 2004: Memory Select
Blues Tinge, Wild Orchids Bloom
3. Oct 16, 2005: Multiple Personality Disorder
Sky Valley
6. Jun 25, 2004: Memory Select
Forever Dance

Album Review
Ben
Reviewed 2004-05-17

One of Higgins’s last recordings before he died, made with longtime collaborator Charles Lloyd. The sound ranges from African chants to modal jazz, but there’s a relaxed, friendly vibe throughout that works well with ECM’s warm fuzzy production. Excellent stuff.

The 30 tracks here are laid out in 6 groups of related songs. The groupings seem to be more thematic rather than compositional so feel free to mix and match.

Disc 1
1. Med tribal feel
*2. Searching strings and sax
3. Fast improv
4. Melancholy piano solo
*5. Plaintive ballad
6. Nice jazzy improv
*7. Interesting take on the swing
*8. African sounding guitar and vox
9. Quiet sax explorations
10. African vox and guitar
11. Tribal oboe and hand percussion
*12. More traditional med tempo jazz
13. Wistful melancholy piano
*14. Sparse blues vox
*15. Soft-spoken tribal sound
Disc 2
*1. Mellow sax over rolling percussion
2. Moody piano solo
*3. Upbeat bop-like conversation
4. Deep melancholy flute solo
*5. African percussion and singing
6. Bouncy swing
7. Slow, bluesy piano
8. Quiet Spanish vocals
9. Plaintive sax cry
10. Quiet love ballad
*11. Coltrane sounding
12. Exotic middle eastern mood
13. Light bossa nova with vox
*14. Flowing marimba under tribal flute
15. Light jazz scatting over guitar

Ben Bostwick 5/12/04

Track Listing
1. The Forest   16. Wild Orchids Bloom
2. Being and Becoming   17. Advaita
3. Civilization   18. Chomolungma
4. Sea of Tranquility   19. Sally Sunflower Whitecloud
5. Prayer, Sanctuary   20. My Lord, My Lord
6. Supreme Love Dance   21. Windy Mountain
7. A Wild and Holy Band   22. Through Fields and Undergrou
8. Oh, Karim   23. Mi Corazon
9. Akhi   24. Beloved, Chimes at Midnight
10. Ya, Karim   25. Take a Chance
11. Tagi   26. Perfume of the Desert
12. Hanuman's Dance   27. Benares
13. Sky Valley   28. Amor
14. Blues Tinge   29. Forever Dance
15. Atman Alone Abides   30. Bis