Mcneill, Lloyd | TORI | CD

Lloyd McNeill is an American flautist, composer and producer, who later became better known as a painter and teacher. He was born in Washington, DC in 1935 and died in Brooklyn, New York in 2021. His music mixes jazz with Latin, Brazilian and African rhythms, and he worked with Nina Simone, Naná Vasconcelos, Ron Carter and Cecil McBee.

Tori is a CD album by Lloyd McNeill, released on Soul Jazz Records on 23 July 2021. It was recorded on 14 July 1978 at Regent Sound Studios, and was first released privately in 1978 on McNeill's Baobab Record label in Washington, DC. Lloyd McNeill composed, arranged and produced the album, with Buster Williams on bass, Victor Lewis on drums, Dom Um Romao on percussion, Dom Salvador on piano, Howard Johnson on tuba and Naná Vasconcelos on vocals and percussion.

Track List

1. O Mercado (Brazilian Market)
2. Tori (Segment One)
3. Tzigane
4. Tori (Segment Two)
5. Sambinha
6. Time Still / Passaro - Pifaro (Flute Bird)
7. Tori (Segment Three)
8. Tranquil