The Lloyd McNeill Quartet

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙙 𝙈𝙘𝙉𝙚𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙩’𝙨 “𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚” 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 — 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯, 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣.

Originally composed for a dance performance at the Corcoran Gallery, the suite moves with the fluidity of choreography itself — brushed drums, flowing piano figures and McNeill’s luminous flute shaping wide, contemplative spaces. It’s spiritual jazz not in fire but in clarity, in uplift, in the calm intensities that ripple beneath each phrase.

Soul Jazz’s reissue gives renewed life to this once-obscure masterpiece, revealing an album of serene momentum and deep artistic intention — a rare work where jazz, movement and visual art share the same breath.