Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef

by Yusef Lateef

Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957-01-01
  • Label: Verve, Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:01
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bridging his early Detroit bop roots with his rapidly evolving interest in world music, this quintet date is anchored by profound, bluesy swing. The multi-instrumentalist effectively introduces subtle Eastern modalities into standard jazz forms, signaling a major artistic transition.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi

Tracklist

  1. Passion (4:04)
  2. Love Is Eternal (6:30)
  3. Pike's Peak (5:30)
  4. Open Strings (6:15)
  5. Before Dawn (5:27)
  6. Twenty-Five Minute Blues (5:27)
  7. Chang, Chang, Chang (2:57)
  8. Constellation (4:47)

Credits

  • Yusef Lateef - primary artist, tenor saxophone, flute, written-by
  • Ernie Farrow - bass
  • Louis Hayes - drums
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • Austin Chevou - photography by [cover]
  • Hugh Lawson - piano
  • Curtis Fuller - trombone
  • Charlie Parker - written-by

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