Yusef Lateef Quintet – The Sounds Of Yusef LP

Recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label, The Sounds Of Yusef features Yusef Lateef's quintet with Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), and Oliver Jackson (drums). Lateef's aesthetic was a perfect mixture of hard-driving jazz and a variety of ethnic materials. Even though if compared to later works, Sounds Of Yusef is still very much rooted in jazz while the use of traditional ethnic instruments adds colors and flavors without really deviating from the American jazz tradition. Lateef shines on both tenor sax and flute while the rhythm section swings hard throughout a varied repertoire including an airy version of Strayhorn's ultra-classic "Take the A Train" and a contemplative Lateef's original called "Meditation".

- Reissue. Recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.
- The Sounds Of Yusef features Yusef Lateef's quintet with Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), and Oliver Jackson (drums).
- Lateef's aesthetic was a perfect mixture of hard-driving jazz and a variety of ethnic materials.
- Sounds Of Yusef is still very much rooted in jazz while the use of traditional ethnic instruments adds colors and flavors without really deviating from the American jazz tradition.

Label: Naked Lunch (2) – ND014, Prestige – PRLP 7122
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2020
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Modal

Tracklist

A1 Take The A Train
A2 Playful Flute
B1 Love And Humor
B2 Buckingham
B3 Meditation