Athens Concert

Personnel: Maria Farantouri (vocals); Charles Lloyd (flute, tarogato, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra); Takis Farazis, Jason Moran (piano); Reuben Rogers (double bass); Eric Harland (drums).Audio Mixers: Jan Erik Kongshaug; Manfred Eicher.Liner Note Authors: Maria Farantouri; Charles Lloyd.Recording information: Herod Atticus Odeon, Athens (06/2010).Photographers: Dorothy Darr; Yannis Falkonis.Translators: Gail Holst-Warhaft; Maria Hadzara.No one, save for perhaps Charles Lloyd, could have predicted that when he resumed his recording career in 1989 with ECM, he would scale such artistic heights as a player, a mentor, and a bandleader. Lloyd has taken part in many fascinating musical experiments: with the late Billy Higgins in Sangam with drummer Eric Harland and Indian master percussionist Zakir Hussain, as well as on his many quartet recordings. The latest version, with bassist Reuben Rodgers, Harland, and pianist Jason Moran, has been together just over four ye