Hyperion with Higgins
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Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd
  1. "Dancing Waters, Big Sur to Bahia" - 5:54
  2. "Bharati" - 7:01
  3. "Secret Life of the Forbidden City" - 10:05
  4. "Miss Jessye" - 10:24
  5. "Hyperion With Higgins" - 7:20
  6. "Darkness on the Delta Suite: Mother Where Art Thou/Robert Johnson on the Banks of the Ganges/Perseverance/Till The River Runs Free/Peace In The Storm" - 12:40
  7. "Dervish on the Glory B" - 8:24
  8. "The Caravan Moves On" - 8:32
    • Recorded in December 1999

Personnel

  • Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone
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  • Brad Mehldau
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     - piano
    Piano
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  • John Abercrombie
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     - guitar
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  • Larry Grenadier
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     - double bass
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  • Billy Higgins
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     - drums
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