Notes from Big Sur is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded in November 1991 by Lloyd with Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Ralph Peterson.

Notes from Big Sur
Studio album by Charles Lloyd
Released	1 April 1992[1]
Recorded	November 1991
Studio	Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:38
Label	ECM ECM 1465
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Charles Lloyd chronology
Fish Out of Water (1991) Notes from Big Sur (1992) Acoustic Masters I (1993)

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars stating "Notes From Big Sur successfully portrays the California coastline for which it is named — picturesque and soothing, although rugged and at times forbidding".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Lloyd

1. "Requiem" - 8:00
2. "Sister" - 8:51
3. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22
4. "Sam Song" - 7:54
5. "Takur" - 4:27
6. "Monk in Paris" - 9:38
7. "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55
8. "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31

Personnel

• Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone
• Bobo Stenson - piano
• Anders Jormin - double bass
• Ralph Peterson - drums

References