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LIFE 030LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1960. Recorded in May 1960 this is probably one of Yusef Lateef's more straight jazz releases with almost no trace of his famous Eastern sound experiments. This is a beautiful and dynamic album based on a balanced mix of originals and standards including great numbers by Dvorak, Ellington, and Zawinul and with Lateef who's literally shining on both tenor sax, oboe, and flute. A fine document from a master musician caught during one of the peaks of his career.
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SOW 030LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1958. Lateef at Cranbrook (also reissued as Yusef Lateef) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1958 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and originally released on the Argo label. Saxophonist, flautist, oboist, and all-round reeds maestro Yusef Lateef was a renowned cross-pollinator of Eastern modes with the more traditional harmonic repertoire of American jazz. During the course of his covetable career, he worked side-by-side with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Miles Davis among others. Limited clear vinyl edition.
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SVVRCH 058LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1957. A multi-instrumentalist who reconfigured jazz many times during his long career, Yusef Lateef came to prominence in the late 1950s, after having toured with Dizzy Gillespie. Jazz Mood dates from 1957, when his quintet had some of Detroit's finest, including Alice Coltrane's brother Ernest Farrow on bass and future Jazz Messenger Curtis Fuller on trombone. The use of an argol on "Metaphor" and a rabat and finger cymbals on "Morning" point to Lateef's Islamic grounding and his belief that music serves a higher purpose; this edition has bonus track "Passion," from the equally excellent Before Dawn (1957). Rich, deep, and varied, this is required listening for all serious jazz heads.
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HONEY 046LP
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This is Yusef Lateef's quartet caught live in Germany in October 1971. Lateef on tenor sax, flute and oboe, presents a classy quartet featuring Kenny Barron on piano, Bob Cunningham on bass, and master Albert "Toothie" Heath on drums. Not much in Lateef's ethno-world trip, just tons of solid grooves and waves of blue notes, a timeless formula to be enjoyed unreservedly.
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NAKED 031LP
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Naked Lunch present reissue of Yusef Lateef's Other Sounds, originally released in 1959. Other Sounds was the first album on which Yusef Lateef looked beyond the confines of jazz and popular music to hear and perhaps "sing" the music he heard from the East. The album was recorded in 1957 and released two years after on the New Jazz label. The line-up was comprised of Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, argol), Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn, balloon), Hugh Lawson (piano, Turkish finger cymbals, 7UP bottle, balloon, bells), Ernie Farrow (bass, rabat) and Oliver Jackson (drums, gong, earthboard). Surely one of the forerunners of the so-called "world-music" revolution.
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KEYSYS 001LP
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Sold out. Key System Recordings present a reissue of Yusef Lateef's Hikima: Creativity, originally released in 1983. In the early 1980s, famed jazz saxophonist and musical luminary Yusef Lateef traveled to Nigeria as a Senior Research Fellow to study, write, and teach at Ahmadu Bello University. He cut this record while there; pressed locally in Nigeria, it remained virtually unknown by jazz fans and collectors for over 30 years. On Hikima, Lateef leads a nonet of African musicians in seven compositions that fuse his deep blues and jazz roots with native Nigerian instruments, drums and chants. The sounds stretch from meditative and melancholic to urgent and unrelenting. A singular recording impossible to classify or box in. Lovingly pressed to vinyl by Key System Recordings, a new imprint dedicated to progressive and underground music of all types helmed by Jonathan Sklute, founder of NYC vinyl boutique Good Records. Officially licensed through the Lateef estate. Restored and remastered by Jessica Thompson. Pressed at RTI; sleeve done at Dorado; initial edition of 800.
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WLV 82068LP
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Wax Love present a reissue of Yusef Lateef's Jazz For The Thinker, originally released in 1957. Known for his pioneering and multi-instrumental blend of jazz and Afro-Eastern musical traditions, Yusef Lateef has never been content to use his music to merely entertain but has long strived to encourage his audiences to engage their minds as well as their ears. This approach was evident even on his groundbreaking debut album as leader, the aptly titled, Jazz For The Thinker. Unlike most debut efforts in jazz at the time, this album is made up entirely of Lateef's own original compositions, further proving that this was a man with a vision right from the start. Here Lateef, on tenor sax, is backed by Curtis Fuller on trombone, Hugh Lawson on piano, Ernie Farrow on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums.
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NJ 8272LP
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Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1961. Featuring Barry Harris (piano), Herman Wright (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums). "...features Yusef Lateef on some straight-ahead tunes, including 'When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You),' 'I'll Remember April,' and 'You've Changed.' In addition, there are some more adventurous and exotic works too, making this a well-rounded program." --All Music Guide
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SD 1685LP
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Exact repro reissue manufactured by Rhino, originally released in 1976. "There's the deep minor-key meditation on blues and evolving thematic variations on 'Hellbound' that becomes a Latin funk tune; the airy, contemplative, and skeletal 'Mystique,' which may use a repeating rhythmic phrase but explores every inch of its margins via a string section and Lateef's flute solo; the smooth, urban, bluesy funk of 'Mississippi Mud'; the completely out electronic musique concrete of 'Technological Homosapien' that becomes a series of synth squeals and an erratically tumbling bassline; and the wonderfully warped mariachi variation (sung in white-boy English) that featured the band playing bluesy hard bop over an age-old recorded track on 'In a Little Spanish Town.' It's a weird way to end a record, but then, it's a weird and wonderful record." -- All Music Guide
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OJC 612LP
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2009 release. Classic album from Yusef Lateef (sax, oboe, flute) recorded in 1961. Backed by pianist Barry Harris, bassist Ernie Farrow and drummer Lex Humphries. Tracks include: "The Plum Blossom," "Blues For The Orient," "Purple Flower."
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SD 1525LP
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Originally released in 1969. Exact repro, manufactured by Rhino. "The string section, as heard on the opener 'Bishop School,' is far from the pastoral or classically seeking group of recordings past, but another rhythmic and melodic construct that delves deep into the beat and the almighty riff that this recording is so full of. For all of the soul-jazz pouring forth from the Blue Note and Prestige labels at the time, this album stood apart for its Eastern-tinged melodies on 'Eastern Market'; the 'Black Bottom,' gutbucket, moaning bluesiness on 'Russell and Elliot,' with Gale and Lateef on tenor trading fours in a slowhanded, low-end groove; and the solid, Motown-glazed, rocking Latin soul of 'Belle Isle.'" -- All Music Guide
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