Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds [7/18]

Artist:

Lateef, Yusef

UPC:

888072300125

See Also:

Hubbard, Freddie Barron, Kenny Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Adderley, Cannonball Barbieri, Gato Yusef Lateef & Universal Quatet/Yusef Lateef - The Universal Quartet

Description:

Personnel: Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone, oboe, flute); Barry Harris (piano); Ernie Farrow (bass); Lex Humphries (drums).
Recorded in Englewood, New Jersey in September 1961. Originally released on Prestige (7319). Includes original liner notes by Joe Goldberg.
Personnel: Yusef Lateef (flute, oboe, tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Ernie Farrow (upright bass); Lex Humphries (drums).
This 1961 release may be significant in the vast canon of jazz recordings if only because it predates John Coltrane`s forays into Eastern modal music. Coltrane didn`t really explore the connection between jazz and Eastern musical styles until A LOVE SUPREME. Certainly, it is widely accepted that Coltrane`s 1965 landmark albums, TRANSITION, KULU SE MAMA, and ASCENSION firmly established him as the main practitioner of Eastern influenced modal jazz. However, on Lateef`s EASTERN SOUNDS, we hear the tenor man forging new territory years prior to Coltrane`s experiments. Indeed, Lateef draws many fine musical parallels between the music of the Orient and American jazz on this outing.
Lateef`s experiments are quite successful on this recording, even though the album`s conception is somewhat stymied by his mainstream jazz roots. For example, a straight-up (albeit beautiful) version of the standard "Don`t Blame Me" seems out of place with Lateef`s own wacky compositions. Still, "The Plum Blossom," "Chinq Miau" and the outlandish album closer, "The Three Faces of Balal" are quite compelling, making this record a valuable and unique asset to any CD collection.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Plum Blossom, The
2. Blues for the Orient
3. Ching Miau
4. Don`t Blame Me
5. Love Theme from "Spartacus"
6. Snafu
7. Purple Flower
8. Love Theme from "The Robe"
9. Three Faces of Balal, The

Album Information

Release Date:

07/18/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz General

Label:

Prestige Records

Producer:

Esmond Edwards; Esmond Edwards

Catalog Number:

7230012

Original Release Year:

1961

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

39 : 54

Guest Artist:

Barry Harris

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