The Blue Yusef Lateef
1968 studio album by Yusef Lateef
The Blue Yusef Lateef | ||||
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Studio album by Yusef Lateef | ||||
Released | Late June/early July 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | April 23–24, 1968 | |||
Studio | RCA Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:05 | |||
Label | Atlantic SD 1508 | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
Yusef Lateef chronology | ||||
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The Blue Yusef Lateef is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label.[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek stated: "The Blue Yusef Lateef is one wild album. In sound, it is the very best the '60s had to offer in terms of experimentation and accessibility. This is blues you can dance to, but also meditate to and marvel at; a pearl worthy of the price".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated.
- "Juba Juba" – 4:23
- "Like It Is" – 7:35
- "Othelia" – 4:37
- "Moon Cup" – 3:18
- "Back Home" – 5:03
- "Get Over, Get Off and Get On" (Hugh Lawson) – 3:46
- "Six Miles Next Door" – 4:46
- "Sun Dog" – 3:05
Personnel
- Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, pneumatic flute, shannie (as listed in credits, presumably a shehnai), koto, tambura, scraper, vocals
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Sonny Red – alto saxophone
- Buddy Lucas – harmonica
- Hugh Lawson – piano
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
- Roy Brooks – drums
- Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin (track 2)
- Alfred Brown – viola (track 2)
- Kermit Moore – cello (track 2)
- The Sweet Inspirations – vocal group (tracks 1 & 5)
References
- ^ Billboard July 13, 1968
- ^ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 20, 2012
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed July 20, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
- Jazz for the Thinker (1957)
- Jazz Mood (1957)
- Before Dawn (1957)
- Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957)
- Prayer to the East (1957)
- The Sounds of Yusef (1957)
- Other Sounds (1957)
- Lateef at Cranbrook (1958)
- The Dreamer (1959)
- The Fabric of Jazz (1959)
- Cry! – Tender (1959)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef|Contemplation (1960)
- The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960)
- Lost in Sound (1961)
- Eastern Sounds (1961)
- Into Something (1961)
- Jazz 'Round the World (1963)
- Live at Pep's (1964)
- 1984 (1965)
- Psychicemotus (1965)
- A Flat, G Flat and C (1966)
- The Golden Flute (1966)
- The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
- Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969)
- The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969)
- Suite 16 (1970)
- The Gentle Giant (1971)
- Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
- Part of the Search (1973)
- 10 Years Hence (1974)
- The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)
- Autophysiopsychic (1977)
- In a Temple Garden (1979)
- In Nigeria (1983)
- Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
album
- Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)
others
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s)
- Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960)
- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
- 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960)
- Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
- Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961)
- The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
- Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964)
- Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971)
- Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974)
- Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977)
- Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)