Charles Lloyd/Don Was

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

A conversation with Charles Lloyd feels like a veritable interaction with the pages of history. I was continuously surprised throughout my conversation with Charles, along with Don Was, about the depth of his experiences…and the wisdom too.

Charles is an inordinately beautiful tenor player from Memphis, Tennessee - who grew up at a time where the region was brimming with talent… Elvis Presley, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, Billy Lee Riley, B.B. King and so many more were from there or made their careers there. It was also a popular destination for touring artists giving a young Charles an incredible musical education.

On today’s episode of Broken Record, another in our series celebrating the 85th anniversary of Blue Note Records… I have Don Was as my co-host and we talk to Charles Lloyd about his colorful upbringing in Memphis and about the early Los Angeles jazz scene he became a part of after moving to California to attend USC. This conversation goes a lot of places… from Elvis to Quincy Jones to the Beach Boys and far beyond. And please be sure to check out his wonderful new album out on Blue Note, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	A conversation with Charles Lloyd feels like a veritable interaction with the pages of history.
0:17.0	I was continuously surprised throughout my conversation with Charles, along with Don Waze, about the depth of his experiences and the wisdom too.
0:26.1	Charles is an inordinately beautiful tenor player from Memphis, Tennessee, who grew up at a time
0:30.3	when the region was brimming with talent. Elvis Presley, Helen Wolf, Junior Parker, Billy
0:36.1	Riley, BB King, and so many more were from there or made their careers there.
0:41.3	It was also a popular destination for touring artists giving a young
0:44.4	Charles an incredible musical education. On today's episode of Broken Record, another
0:50.4	in our series celebrating the 85th anniversary of Blue Note Records.
0:53.7	I have Don was my co-host and we talked to Charles Lloyd about his colorful upbringing in Memphis
0:58.8	and about the early Los Angeles jazzing he became a part of after moving to California to attend USC.
1:05.2	This conversation goes a lot of places from Elvis to Quincy Jones to the Beach Boys and
1:09.9	far beyond.
1:11.6	And please be sure to check out his wonderful new album out on Blue Note, the sky will be there tomorrow.
1:17.0	This is Broken Record.
1:21.0	Line of notes for the Digital Age.
1:23.0	I'm Justin Richmond.
1:25.0	I'm David Remnickin each week on the New Yorker radio hour.
1:30.0	My colleagues and I unpack what's happening in a very complicated world.
1:34.7	You'll hear from the New Yorker's award-winning reporters and thinkers.
1:38.2	Jalani Cobb on race and justice.
1:40.5	Jill Lepore on American history.
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