{{Short description|1964 album by Charles Lloyd}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Discovery! | type = Album | artist = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] | cover = Discovery!.jpg | alt = | released = November 1964<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OyAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Lloyd+discovery&pg=PA28 ''Billboard'' Nov 28, 1964]</ref> | recorded = May 27, 1964 (#2–3, 6–7)<br>May 29, 1964 (#1, 4–5, 8)<br>[[New York City]] | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 48:10 | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<br><small>CL 2267</small> | producer = [[George Avakian]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Of Course, Of Course]] | next_year = 1965 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r155170 |title=Discovery! The Charles Lloyd Quartet - Charles Lloyd | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref> }}
'''''Discovery!''''' is the debut album by [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] released on the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] label featuring performances by Lloyd with [[Don Friedman]], [[Eddie Khan]], [[Roy Haynes]], [[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]] and [[J.C. Moses]]. The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] awarded the album 4 stars and states "Lloyd's Coltrane-inspired sound was already in place, and his flute playing was becoming distinctive. The music is essentially melodic but advanced hard bop, a strong start to an important career".<ref>Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r155170|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 21 October 2009</ref> The piece "Ol' Five Spot" is a homage to the legendary New York [[Five Spot|jazz club of the same name]]. The album was also released with the title ''Bizarre'' in the UK, at the time.
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated.''
# "Forest Flower" - 7:54 # "How Can I Tell You" - 5:16 # "Little Peace" - 6:32 # "Bizarre" - 4:20 # "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]" ([[Henry Mancini]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) - 5:53 # "Sweet Georgia Bright" - 5:45 # "Love Song to a Baby" - 5:56 # "Ol' Five Spot" - 6:34
==Personnel== '''Tracks 1, 4–5, 8''' *[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - [[tenor saxophone]], [[flute]] *[[Don Friedman]] - piano *[[Eddie Khan]] - [[double bass|bass]] *[[Roy Haynes]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
'''Tracks 2–3, 6–7''' *[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - tenor saxophone, flute *[[Don Friedman]] - piano *[[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]] - bass *[[J. C. Moses]] - drums
==Production== *Henry Parker - photography
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