SASHA MATSON: Good morning from Cooperstown, home of baseball. Do you follow baseball?
CHARLES LLOYD: I played first base. I’m left-handed.
SM: Does this new album feel special to you?
CL: It does indeed.
SM: Tell me a little about how you view the sound.
My dear friend and mentor Joe Harley is always around me, and he’s been my sound mentor for years. I started out on Heathkits and graduated to Marantz. He’s a wonderful sage. He’s always there for the music. He’s a sound seeker, as am I. When I was a little kid, the old guys used to hear me playing, and they’d say,
