Hagar's Song

Hagar's Song is an album by saxophonist Charles Lloyd and pianist Jason Moran recorded in April 2012 and released on ECM February the following year.^[1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
All About Jazz	^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
PopMatters	^[6]

Response was positive, with Metacritic assigning the album an aggregate score of 79 out of 100 based on 6 critical reviews indicating "Generally favorable reviews".^[2]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hagar's Song finds Lloyd and Moran at their most naturally curious and deeply attentive best, offering a conversation so intimate the listener may occasionally feel she is eavesdropping."^[3]

All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman said, "In a set that runs the gamut from well-known standards by George Gershwin, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington to relatively more contemporary fare from Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson, Lloyd and Moran demonstrate the kind of empathy and trust that only comes from considerably time spent together ... There's little that's predictable about either player, but with Hagar's Song—imbued, as it is, with constants of surprise, simpatico and stellar performances—both Lloyd and Moran have made the leap to a new plateau."^[4]

In The Guardian, John Fordham wrote "Saxophonist Charles Lloyd, soon to be 75, here gives an intimate closeup of his warm relationship with brilliant pianist Jason Moran—and with his enslaved great-great-grandmother, who names the album through Lloyd's suite in her memory."^[5]

The PopMatters review by Will Layman observed "Hagar’s Song is nothing more and nothing less than a set of duets with Moran. And in many respects it is the most intimate—and best—work of Lloyd’s career ... Hagar’s Song is low on flash. And it rests with love against your ear."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated

"Pretty Girl" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:51
"Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington) - 5:17
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (George Gershwin) - 3:39
"All About Ronnie" (Joe Greene) - 4:20
"Pictogram" - 3:59
"You've Changed" (Carl Fischer) - 4:51
"Hagar Suite: Journey Up River" - 6:20
"Hagar Suite: Dreams of White Bluff" - 9:46
"Hagar Suite: Alone" - 2:30
"Hagar Suite: Bolivar Blues" - 4:18
"Hagar Suite: Hagar's Lullaby" - 5:44
"Rosetta" (Earl Hines) - 4:41
"I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) - 5:11
"God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson) - 3:31

Personnel

Charles Lloyd — tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, bass flute, alto flute
Jason Moran — piano, tambourine

References

^ ECM discography accessed December 3, 2013
^ ^a ^b "Hagar's Song by Jason Moran - Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
^ ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 3, 2013
^ ^a ^b Kelman, John. "Jason Moran: All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller". Musical reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Fordham, J. The Guardian Review accessed June 11, 2018
^ ^a ^b Layman, W. PopMatters Review accessed June 11, 2018

v t e Charles Lloyd
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Nirvana (1962–65) Discovery! (1964) Of Course, of Course (1965) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966) Dream Weaver (1966) Forest Flower (1966) The Flowering (1966) Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967) Journey Within (1967) Love-In (1967) Soundtrack (1968) Moon Man (1970) Warm Waters (1971) Geeta (1973) Autumn in New York (1979) Montreux 82 (1982) A Night in Copenhagen (1983) Fish Out of Water (1989) Notes from Big Sur (1991) Acoustic Masters I (1993) The Call (1993) All My Relations (1994) Canto (1996) Voice in the Night (1998) Hyperion with Higgins (1999) The Water Is Wide (1999) Which Way Is East (2001) Lift Every Voice (2002) Jumping the Creek (2004) Sangam (2004) Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012) Wild Man Dance (2013) I Long to See You (2015) Passin' Thru (2016) 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020) Tone Poem (2021)
With Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68)
With Chico Hamilton	Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960) Drumfusion (1962) Passin' Thru (1962) A Different Journey (1963) Man from Two Worlds (1963) Chic Chic Chico (1965)
With The Beach Boys	Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
With others	Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971) Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978) Celebration (Celebration, released 1979) Les McCann Sings (1961) Roger McGuinn (1973) Full Circle (The Doors, 1972) Vanished Gardens (2018)

v t e Jason Moran
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader	Soundtrack to Human Motion (1998) Facing Left (2000) Black Stars (2001) Modernistic (2002) The Bandwagon (2002) Same Mother (2004) Artist in Residence (2006) Ten (released 2010) All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller (2014)
With Charles Lloyd	Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (co-led, 2012) Passin' Thru (2016)
With others	Baida (Ralph Alessi, 2012) A Cloud of Red Dust (Stefon Harris, 1997) Live at Tonic (Christian McBride, 2005) Lost in a Dream (Paul Motian, 2009) Friendly Fire (Joe Lovano and Greg Osby, 1998) Banned in New York (Greg Osby, 1997) Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Henry Threadgill, 2015) Refraction – Breakin' Glass (Trio 3, 2012) Loverly (Cassandra Wilson, 2007)

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