8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero)

8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) is a 2020 live album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd. The album was released on 28 February 2020 on Blue Note Records to positive critical reviews.[7]

8: Kindred Spirits
Live album by Charles Lloyd
Released	February 28, 2020
Recorded	March 15, 2018
Venue	Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:49
Label	Blue Note 00602508001567
Producer	Dorothy Darr Jeffery Morse
Charles Lloyd chronology
Vanished Gardens (2018) 8: Kindred Spirits (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
Financial Times	[4]
Jazz Journal	[5]
The Times	[6]

Reception

At Metacritic, that assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on four reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1]

David Whiteis of JazzTimes wrote, "at his best, Lloyd’s commitment to music as a vehicle of spiritual uplift places him in a pantheon that includes Coltrane, Ayler, Sanders, and their musical progeny—as well as, for better or worse, the jam bands that gestated in San Francisco during Lloyd’s early heyday and have since forged a musical genre (as well as an entire subculture) of their own."[8] Thom Jurek of AllMusic stated, "Arguably, this edition of 8: Kindred Spirits, though only a first set, is one of Lloyd's strongest live offerings to date."[3] Peter Gamble in his review for Jazz Journal commented, "It is encouraging to find Lloyd in such splendid form at this juncture in his life..."[5] Rob Shepherd of PostGenre noted, "From his early sideman recordings with Chico Hamilton to his more recent Marvels group, [Lloyd] has refused to produce art that can be concisely boxed into any form. 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) perfectly surveys this nature of his work."[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dream Weaver"	Lloyd	21:05
2.	"Requiem"	Lloyd	11:32
3.	"La Llorona"	Traditional	9:03
4.	"Ruminations"	Lloyd	18:07
Total length:			59:49

Personnel

• Charles Lloyd – saxophone
• Reuben Rogers – bass
• Eric Harland – drums
• Julian Lage – guitar
• Gerald Clayton – piano

References

1. "8: Kindred Spirits Live at the Lobero by Charles Lloyd". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. Jurkovic, Mike (1 February 2020). "Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits (Live at The Lobero) album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. Jurek, Thom (2020). "8: Kindred Spirits [Live at the Lobero] - Charles Lloyd | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
4. Hobart, Mike (28 February 2020). "Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) — a sunny celebration". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
5. Gamble, Peter (21 April 2020). "Charles Lloyd: 8 Kindred Spirits". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
6. Pearson, Chris (14 February 2020). "Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits review — the saxophonist treats us to one of his finest latter-day gigs". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
7. "8: Kindred Spirits (Live from The Lobero)". Blue Note. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
8. Whiteis, David (12 February 2020). "Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (Blue Note)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
9. https://postgenre.org/review-charles-lloyds-8-kindred-spirits-live-from-the-lobero/