The Fabric of Jazz

by Yusef Lateef

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1960
  • Label: Savoy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:08
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Terry Pollard, Frank Gant, William Austin, Bernard McKinney, Ozzie Cadena

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Although rooted in standard bop forms, this session previews the leader's incoming integration of Eastern scales and unconventional wind instruments. It operates as a sturdy, blues-inflected showcase of his multi-instrumental prowess and spiritual conception of composition before he fully immersed himself in avant-garde and 'world music' aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Moon Tree (5:46)
  2. Stella by Starlight (5:50)
  3. Valse Bouk (4:16)
  4. Half Breed (8:36)
  5. Poor Butterfly (6:38)

Credits

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