Vanished gardens

"Vanished Gardens sits in a sweet spot for Charles Lloyd, putting him at an intersection of different forms that have defined his career, from jazz standards to American pop singing, to meditative roots music. Despite early success, the recorded evidence is that Lloyd-at 80-is in his mature prime. May it continue".

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"The addition of Williams on four of her own tunes and a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel" transforms this band into a genre-blurring ensemble whose abilities mine the jazz and Americana traditions to redefine them in the new century ... the pairing of this band with Williams sounds natural, effortless, and holistic. There's definitely room for a sequel".

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"The Charles Lloyd-Bill Frisell alliance that first appeared in 2015 as The Marvels takes a dark dive into blue-collar despair with Lucinda Williams, whose mumbled emotional memoirs are filled with folk and country drawls that dominate half the material here ... Authenticity, not craft, is her principal asset, and she spins it into a hungover hillbilly elegy of misfortune, laced with compassion".