# Notes from Big Sur

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1992 studio album by Charles Lloyd

Notes from Big Sur Studio album by Charles Lloyd Released 1992 Recorded November 1991 Studio Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway Genre Jazz Length 60:38 Label ECM ECM 1465 Producer Manfred Eicher Charles Lloyd chronology Fish Out of Water (1991) Notes from Big Sur (1992) Acoustic Masters I (1993)

***Notes from Big Sur*** is an album by American [jazz](/source/Jazz) saxophonist [Charles Lloyd](/source/Charles_Lloyd_(jazz_musician)), recorded in November 1991 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) April the following year. The quartet feature rhythm section [Bobo Stenson](/source/Bobo_Stenson), [Anders Jormin](/source/Anders_Jormin) and [Ralph Peterson](/source/Ralph_Peterson%2C_Jr.).

## Reception

The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by David R. Adler stated: "*Notes from Big Sur* successfully portrays the California coastline for which it is named—picturesque and soothing, although rugged and at times forbidding."[1]

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Tom Hull B+ ()[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

## Track listing

- *All compositions by Charles Lloyd*

1. "Requiem" - 8:00

1. "Sister" - 8:51

1. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22

1. "Sam Song" - 7:54

1. "Takur" - 4:27

1. "Monk in Paris" - 9:38

1. "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55

1. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31

## Personnel

- [Charles Lloyd](/source/Charles_Lloyd_(jazz_musician)) – tenor saxophone

- [Bobo Stenson](/source/Bobo_Stenson) – piano

- [Anders Jormin](/source/Anders_Jormin) – bass

- [Ralph Peterson](/source/Ralph_Peterson%2C_Jr.) – drums

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-1) Adler, D. R. [AllMusic Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r142881) accessed January 28, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_2-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 901. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Hull_3-0)** [Hull, Tom](/source/Tom_Hull_(critic)) (February 28, 2018). ["Streamnotes"](http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2608-Streamnotes-February-2018.html). *Tom Hull – on the Web*. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

v t e Charles Lloyd Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. As leader or co-leader Nirvana (1962–65) Discovery! (1964) Of Course, of Course (1965) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966) Dream Weaver (1966) Forest Flower (1966) The Flowering (1966) Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967) Journey Within (1967) Love-In (1967) Soundtrack (1968) Moon Man (1970) Warm Waters (1971) Geeta (1973) Autumn in New York (1979) Montreux 82 (1982) A Night in Copenhagen (1983) Fish Out of Water (1989) Notes from Big Sur (1991) Acoustic Masters I (1993) The Call (1993) All My Relations (1994) Canto (1996) Voice in the Night (1998) Hyperion with Higgins (1999) The Water Is Wide (1999) Which Way Is East (2001) Lift Every Voice (2002) Jumping the Creek (2004) Sangam (2004) Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012) Wild Man Dance (2013) I Long to See You (2015) Passin' Thru (2016) 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020) Tone Poem (2021) The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (2024) With Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68) With Chico Hamilton Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960) Drumfusion (1962) Passin' Thru (1962) A Different Journey (1963) Man from Two Worlds (1963) Chic Chic Chico (1965) With the Beach Boys Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978) With others Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971) Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978) Celebration (Celebration, released 1979) Les McCann Sings (1961) Roger McGuinn (1973) Full Circle (The Doors, 1972) Vanished Gardens (2018)

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