Charles Lloyd suggestions

I agree with Amandarae; that live version of "Forest Flower" is some of Charles Lloyd's best work ... superior to the studio date of the same title with Chico Hamilton (Impulse). Also, try "Fish Out Of Water", a nicely recorded ECM CD production performed with Scandinavian side men ... very mellow end-of-a-tough-day kind of stuff. Had the good fortune a few years back to see/hear him at one of his rare live shows.

All of Lloyd's comeback albums since the '90s are essential & a high water mark of recent ECM jazz:

Fish Out of Water
Hyperion with Higgins
The Call
The Water is Wide
Jumping the Creek
Which Way is East
Lift Every Voice
Voice in the Night
Canto
Sangam
Notes from Big Sur

I particularly like his minimalist, moodier stuff: Canto & Big Sur get my vote. His '60s & '70s LPs are all over the place stylistically, from smooth jazz to avant garde to black hippie transplant working with The Beach Boys, Dave Mason, John Cipollina(Quicksilver) and the Cowsills (Warm Waters.)

I would really highlight "Canto" - - mesmerizing performance and excellent sonic rendering.

"The water is wide"

Rabo de Nube, his newest album, is exceptional. It's more accessable than some of his other albums and its a truly great recording. Very very smooth sounding.