A Flat, G Flat and C

by Yusef Lateef

A Flat, G Flat and C cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1966
  • Label: Impulse!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:29
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing an unconventional conceptual framework, this album finds Yusef Lateef exploring blues and hard bop forms strictly within three specific musical keys. The deeply spiritual and nocturnal improvisations incorporate extensive global folklore influences, expanding the structural limitations of the jazz quartet.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, folklore, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Warm Hearted Blues (4:34)
  2. Nile Valley Blues (3:45)
  3. Robbie (2:40)
  4. Psyche Rose (2:31)
  5. Chuen Blues (4:45)
  6. Feather Comfort (5:16)
  7. Blind Willie (2:40)
  8. Feelin' Alright (3:07)
  9. Sound Wave (3:57)
  10. Kyoto Blues (4:14)

Credits

  • Yusef Lateef - primary artist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, oboe, theremin, composed by
  • Reggie Workman - bass
  • Roy Brooks - drums
  • Hugh Lawson - piano, composed by
  • Mustapha Daleel - written-by
  • Robert Ebron - written-by
  • Bob Thiele - producer

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