An eclectic ensemble centered around saxophonist Charles Lloyd and guitarist Bill Frisell, Charles Lloyd & the Marvels play an expansive brand of jazz that draws upon the members' love of modal post-bop, country, surf rock, and more. Emerging in 2016, the group issued its debut album, I Long to See You, on Blue Note.
Formed in 2015, Charles Lloyd & the Marvels initially grew out of a live appearance Lloyd made at UCLA's Royce Hall in 2013 in which he was joined on-stage by guitarist Frisell. After signing with Blue Note and issuing 2015's Wild Man Dance, the saxophonist had p...