Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford

Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford
Studio album by Yusef Lateef and Ricky Ford
Released	March 1996
Recorded	Late 1994
Studio	Guy Devito's Recording Studio, Shutesbury, MA
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:34
Label	YAL Records (YAL 105) Bomba Records
Producer	Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef chronology
Metamorphosis ∞ (1996) Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford (1996) Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute (1996)
Ricky Ford chronology
Tenor Madness Too! (1992) Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford (1996) Balaena (1999)

Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford is an album by saxophonists Yusef Lateef and Ricky Ford which was recorded in 1994 and released on the YAL label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Veteran tenors Yusef Lateef and Ricky Ford team up for this frequently explosive set. .. one's main focus is on the intense playing of the two great tenors, who battle it out in fiery fashion".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef

1. "Brother Moody" – 6:44
2. "Brother Turrentine" – 9:54
3. "IBN YL" – 12:25
4. "Brother Rollins" – 11:56
5. "Brother Heath" – 7:54
6. "Brother Shorter" – 7:14
7. "Brother Henderson" – 15:14

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone
• Ricky Ford – tenor saxophone
• Avery Sharpe – electric bass
• Kamal Sabir – drums

References