The Blue Yusef Lateef
by Yusef Lateef
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 June 1968
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:25
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This eclectic session perfectly encapsulates the multi-instrumentalist's unique ability to blend advanced post-bop structures with deep, traditional blues sensibilities. Featuring a stellar backing group including bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Roy Brooks, the record highlights Lateef's distinctive flute and tenor saxophone mastery alongside unexpected global instrumentation like the Taiwanese koto.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, technical
Tracklist
- Juba Juba (4:23)
- Like It Is (7:32)
- Othelia (4:35)
- Moon Cup (3:16)
- Back Home (5:00)
- Get Over, Get off and Get On (3:46)
- Six Miles Next Door (4:46)
- Sun Dog (3:04)
Credits
- Sonny Red - alto saxophone
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Roy Brooks - drums
- Bob Cranshaw - electric bass [fender bass]
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Buddy Lucas - harmonica
- Hugh Lawson - piano, written-by
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet