Saxophonist and flautist Charles Lloyd has spent 50 years defying boundaries between jazz, eastern, rock and classical, and I Long To See You finds him still busting genres. Two other wayward talents, Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz, flank Lloyd’s reeds with guitar and steel respectively on an overtly spiritual set that includes a bluesy take on Dylan’s Masters of War, melodic post-bop (Of Course, Of Course), surf guitar (Sombrero Sam), the 16-minute, exploratory Barché Lamsel (a nod to Lloyd’s Buddhism) and a heart-stealing 80-second rendition of Abide With Me. Willie Nelson adds the anti-war standard Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream and Norah Jones weaves her languorous magic on the title track. Thrilling.
