Cry! - Tender

by Yusef Lateef

Cry! - Tender cover art

Originally recorded for the New Jazz imprint across a transitional period in late 1959. The multi-instrumentalist blends Eastern scales and unconventional instrumentation, such as the oboe, with the robust Detroit-styled bop rhythms provided by drummer Frank Gant and pianist Hugh Lawson.

Genres

  • Hard Bop

Tracklist

  1. Sea Breeze
  2. Dopolous
  3. Cry! Tender
  4. Butter's Blues
  5. Yesterdays
  6. The Snow Is Green
  7. If You Could See Me Now
  8. Ecaps