Figure In Blue - 2CD BF20 Junior Cook (tenor sax)

Junior Cook (tenor sax)

Smith unveils the many ways his creative expression has expanded

Words by Freya Hellier

bluesy “76” with the atmospheric acoustic ballad “As It Were

“Pee Wee” Marquette

Figure In Blue - 2CD BF20 Junior Cook (tenor sax)In March 2025, the legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd convened a new trio of musical explorers with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar for his 87th birthday concert at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara and immediately brought them into the studio to record his remarkable twelfth Blue Note album, Figure In Blue. The spacious double album travels wide expanses of musical terrain from beautiful ballads to raw Delta blues and includes