• CHARLES LLOYD SKY QUARTET
• BORBÉLY 70 
• TOMOKI SANDERS

CHARLES LLOYD SKY QUARTET

The shaken worldview of the year 2020 touched Charles Lloyd’s heart profoundly. In the days pressed between silence and anxiety, the idea of a new creation began to glimmer within him—a vision of music capable of naming the unnameable, which ultimately took shape as a brand-new studio album voiced by a new quartet. It is the moment of four distinct souls meeting for the first time: liberated sensitivity, a shared breath, a freedom tuned to one another. Joining the legendary saxophonist were Jason Moran’s gently pulsing piano, Larry Grenadier’s darkly glowing bass, and Brian Blade’s drumming woven through with deep wisdom.

In the spring of 2023, on the threshold of Lloyd’s 85th birthday, the work finally came to life amid the quietly shimmering lights of Santa Barbara. The project matured into a two-part album titled The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, released on the artist’s 86th birthday. This monumental creation gathers together the reimagined light of older melodies, the vibrant immediacy of new compositions, and the quiet wisdom distilled from a lifetime of music.

Charles Lloyd is one of the brightest figures in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, a mountain peak circled with reverence by the history of jazz, yet whose music transcends all genre boundaries. Beginning in Memphis and moving through the musical worlds of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, he became a legend on every stage. Throughout his long career, he has consistently given the world music capable of standing in dialogue with the art of any era—human music, in which the compass of the soul is always truer than any written score.

Today, Lloyd and his quartet continue to offer renewal: a meeting in which music becomes more than sound, becoming instead a space of joyful, mutual recognition. They lead us toward a simple yet radiant truth: that we are all One, and we shine most brightly when we find our way back to one another.

Charles Lloyd - sax

Jason Moran - piano

Larry Grenadier - bass

Eric Harland - drums

BORBÉLY70

Few musicians in Hungary today are as versatile and influential as Mihály Borbély, who has been building bridges between jazz and folk music, improvisation and tradition for decades. He will turn 70 next year, and this milestone offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the richness of his art, the refinement of his playing, and his warm, human presence.

The jubilee concert will bring together the various eras and sonic worlds of Mihály Borbély’s career. Joining him on stage will be both long-time and recent collaborators, leading figures of the Hungarian jazz scene, each of whom has contributed to the unique musical universe Borbély has created over the years. The bass clarinet, the saxophone, the tárogató, and an entire arsenal of wind instruments will once again speak with sensitivity yet elemental power: at times pulsing with Balkan rhythms, at times unfolding in lyrical subtlety, and at times striking with tight, unmistakable jazz phrasing.

The evening will be more than just a concert, it will be a fitting tribute to a creator whose artistry has inspired generations, and who remains as fresh, curious, and open to renewal as ever.

TOMOKI SANDERS

A Tomoki Sanders performance is the kind of event that, from the very first note, makes it clear that a singular, forward-looking artist has stepped on stage. The young multi-instrumentalist is one of the most distinctive voices of the new jazz generation. Sanders’ musical universe is at once spiritual, exploratory, and deeply human; in his playing, the intensity of free jazz, Afro-American sonic traditions, and contemporary groove aesthetics blend organically.

Improvisation and collective energy-building play a central role in his live performances. His quartet operates with the same sweeping freedom and creativity associated with the work of his father, Pharoah Sanders, yet it forges a decisively modern sound that is entirely its own. The concert unfolds through a dynamic alternation of new compositions and full-throttle improvisations, where meditative, resonant textures stand alongside pulsating rhythmic peaks.