Influenced by contemporary hard-bop and soul-jazz, but already sensitive to the appeal of Miles Davis' sound, the quartet formed by tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd (1938) with pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Jack DeJohnette penned Dream Weaver (march 1966), that contained the suites Autumn Sequence and Dream Weaver, and Forest Flower (september 1966), that contained the suite Forest Flower, two albums that achieved crossover success, a premonition of the jazz-rock era.
The live double-disc Manhattan Stories (september 1965) documents Charles Lloyd's short-lived quartet, consisting of guitarist Gabor Szabo, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Pete La Roca. It contains Lloyd's Sweet Georgia Bright and Dream Weaver as well as Szabo's Lady Gabor, originally recorded by the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Lloyd had already experimented with a quartet format on Discovery (may 1964), arguably containing his best performances, notab