The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow

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Charles Lloyd returns with his latest musical offering, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, a majestic double album of new studio recordings from the legendary saxophonist set for release on March 15, Lloyd’s 86th birthday. One of the most significant musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, Lloyd remains at the height of his powers in the company of a newly constituted quartet of four distinctive voices with the NEA Jazz Master joined by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer, Brian Blade. With 'The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow', Lloyd’s eleventh Blue Note album and his first new studio recording since the 2017 sessions that yielded his acclaimed albums Vanished Gardens and Tone Poem. He continues his monumental musical creation, a peak of American art, as a bandleader, composer, flutist, and saxophonist. The album also delivers first recordings of six new Lloyd compositions including the title track “The Water Is Rising,” “Late Bloom,” ““The Ghost of Lady Day,” “Sky Valley, Spirit of the Forest,” and “When the Sun Comes Up, Darkness Disappears.”