Restless creativity
As the 1960s ended, tenor saxophonist/flautist Charles Lloyd should have been a happy man. His 1967 album Forest Flower, recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival the previous year, had sold exceptionally well.
His quartet had brought bassist Cecil McBee, the young pianist Keith Jarrett and’s mellow mood captured the imagination of the emerging subculture, they were playing venues like the Fillmore West with Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santana.
