- jazz, post-bop
- 68 min
- 12 tracks
- ECM Records
The Water Is Wide is an album by American jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in December 1999 and released on ECM August the following year. The quintet features rhythm section John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier and Billy Higgins, with a guest appearance from bassist Darek Oles. The session, which also produced Hyperion with Higgins (2001), was one of Higgins' last before his death in 2001.
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Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Georgia6:37
- 2The Water Is Wide5:01
- 3Black Butterfly4:35
- 4Ballade and Allegro3:44
- 5Figure in Blue5:12
- 6Lotus Blossom5:38
- 7The Monk and the Mermaid8:34
- 8Song for Her7:36
- 9Lady Day7:28
- 10Heaven4:14
- 11There Is a Balm in Gilead5:13
- 12Prayer4:19
12 tracks, 68 minutes.
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- Artist
- Charles Lloyd
- Label
- ECM Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- AL
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