Given his first saxophone at the age of nine, Charles Lloyd – born in Memphis,
Tennessee on March 15, 1938- developed a love of jazz as he listened and learned
from the greats including Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Lester Young. He
perfected his craft before going out and promoting himself, getting jobs as a
sideman for Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King and Bobby 'Blue' Bland. At the age of 18,
Charles Lloyd left his hometown of Memphis and moved to Los Angeles, California,
where he studied for a degree in music at the University of Southern California.
In 1960, he was appointed musi...