1984

by Yusef Lateef

1984 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Impulse!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:54
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Blending hard bop structures with deep Eastern musical philosophies, Yusef Lateef utilizes a wide array of global instruments鈥攊ncluding the Taiwanese oboe and tubular bells鈥攐n '1984'. The album features a highly experimental, George Orwell-inspired title track alongside more conventional, albeit uniquely textured, post-bop workouts. It perfectly represents his expansive, spiritually driven approach to jazz during his tenure at Impulse!.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, avant-garde, instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. 1984 (8:16)
  2. Try Love (2:13)
  3. Soul Sister (3:05)
  4. Love Waltz (4:30)
  5. One Little Indian (2:37)
  6. Listen To The Wind (6:12)
  7. Warm Fire (4:21)
  8. Gee! Sam Gee (5:21)
  9. The Greatest Story Ever Told (3:16)

Credits

  • Yusef Lateef - primary artist, tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, written-by
  • Reggie Workman - bass
  • James Black - drums
  • Mike Nock - piano, written-by
  • Teddy Harris - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Alfred Newman - written-by

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