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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Athens Concert
| name = Athens Concert
| Type = [[Live album]]
| type = [[Live album]]
| Artist = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]
| artist = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] and [[Maria Farantouri]]
| Cover = Athens Concert.jpg
| cover = Athens Concert.jpg
| Released = 2011
| alt =
| Recorded = June 2010
| released = 2011
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| recorded = June 2010
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| venue = [[Herod Atticus Odeon]]<br>[[Athens, Greece]]
| Length = 87:04
| Label = [[ECM Records|ECM]]
| studio =
| Producer =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| Reviews =
| length = 87:04
| label = [[ECM Records|ECM]]<br>{{small|ECM 2205/06}}
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| Chronology = [[Maria Farantouri |Maria Farantouri]] and [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]
| producer = Dorothy Darr, [[Manfred Eicher]]
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| Last album = ''[[Mirror (Charles Lloyd album)|Mirror]]'' <br>(2010)
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| chronology = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]
| This album = '''Athens Concert'''<br/>(2011)
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| prev_title = [[Mirror (Charles Lloyd album)|Mirror]]
| Next album =
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = [[Hagar's Song]]
| next_year = 2013
}}
}}
'''''Athens Concert''''' is a [[live album]] by [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]] [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] recorded in 2010 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet with [[Maria Farantouri]] and released on the [[ECM Records|ECM]] label.<ref>[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2200/2205.php ECM Records catelogue] accessed October 24, 2011.</ref>
'''''Athens Concert''''' is a [[live album]] by [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]] [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] and his quartet with Greek singer [[Maria Farantouri]], recorded in June 2010 and released on [[ECM Records|ECM]] the following year.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130121194827/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2200/2205.php ECM Records catelogue] accessed October 24, 2011.</ref>

==Reception==
==Reception==
The [[Allmusic]] review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and states "The ''Athens Concert'' is truly inspirational and quite a watermark in a career full of them for Lloyd".<ref name="Allmusic">Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/athens-concert-r2245280/review Allmusic Review] accessed October 24, 2011.</ref>
The [[AllMusic]] review by Thom Jurek awarded the album {{frac|4|1|2}} stars and states "The ''Athens Concert'' is truly inspirational and quite a watermark in a career full of them for Lloyd."<ref name="Allmusic">Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/athens-concert-r2245280/review Allmusic Review] accessed October 24, 2011.</ref>
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guardian">Fordham, John. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/25/charles-lloyd-maria-farantouri-review Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert – review] accessed March 31, 2021.</ref>
}}
}}


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# "Greek Suite Part 3: Tou Hel'To Kastron" (Traditional) - 4:28
# "Greek Suite Part 3: Tou Hel'To Kastron" (Traditional) - 4:28
# "Yanni Mou" (Traditional) - 7:27
# "Yanni Mou" (Traditional) - 7:27
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:*Recorded at the Herod Atticus Odeon in Athens, Greece in June 2010

==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - [[tenor saxophone]], [[alto flute]], [[tarogato]]
*[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] - [[tenor saxophone]], [[alto flute]], [[tarogato]]
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)}}{{Jason Moran (musician)}}
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[[Category:Maria Farantouri live albums]]
[[Category:2011 live albums]]
[[Category:2011 live albums]]
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[[Category:2011 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:ECM Records live albums]]
[[Category:ECM Records live albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher]]

[[Category:Charles Lloyd (jazz musician) live albums]]

[[el:Κονσέρτο της Αθήνας (δίσκος)]]

Latest revision as of 22:54, 17 November 2024

Athens Concert
Live album by
Charles Lloyd and Maria Farantouri
Released2011
RecordedJune 2010
VenueHerod Atticus Odeon
Athens, Greece
GenreJazz
Length87:04
LabelECM
ECM 2205/06
ProducerDorothy Darr, Manfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology
Mirror
(2010) 		Athens Concert
(2011) 		Hagar's Song
(2013)

Athens Concert is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd and his quartet with Greek singer Maria Farantouri, recorded in June 2010 and released on ECM the following year.[1]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4+1⁄2 stars and states "The Athens Concert is truly inspirational and quite a watermark in a career full of them for Lloyd."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Guardian[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Kratissa Ti Zoi Mou" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 5:59
  2. "Dream Weaver" - 8:10
  3. "Blow Wind" - 5:34
  4. "Requiem" (Agathi Dimitrouka, Lloyd) - 5:57
  5. "Greek Suite Part 1: Hymnos Stin Ayia Triada" - (Traditional) - 4:03
  6. "Greek Suite Part 1: Epano Sto Xero Homa" (Theodorakis) - 2:52
  7. "Greek Suite Part 1: Messa Stous Paradissious Kipous" (Theodorakis) - 4:49
  8. "Taxidi Sta Kythera" (Eleni Karaindrou) - 4:35

Disc Two:

  1. "Prayer" - 7:58
  2. "Greek Suite Part 2: Vlefaro Mou" (Nikos Kypourgos, Lina Nikolakopoulou) - 3:32
  3. "Greek Suite Part 2: Margaritarenia" (Traditional) - 1:29
  4. "Greek Suite Part 2: Thalassaki Mou" (Traditional) - 2:57
  5. "Greek Suite Part 3: Epirotiko Meroloi" (Traditional) - 6:28
  6. "Greek Suite Part 3: Kægomæ Kæ Sigoliono" (Traditional) - 5:00
  7. "Greek Suite Part 3: Mori Kontoula Lemonia" (Traditional) - 2:40
  8. "Greek Suite Part 3: AlismonoKæ Hæromæ" (Traditional) - 3:06
  9. "Greek Suite Part 3: Tou Hel'To Kastron" (Traditional) - 4:28
  10. "Yanni Mou" (Traditional) - 7:27

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM Records catelogue accessed October 24, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2011.
  3. ^ Fordham, John. Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert – review accessed March 31, 2021.
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