The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
by Yusef Lateef
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1960
- Label: Riverside
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:18
- Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The title explicitly references the bandleader's proficiency across three primary woodwinds: the tenor saxophone, flute, and oboe. The quintet session notably incorporates Ron Carter playing the cello, weaving unique, chamber-like textures into extended, deeply swinging blues improvisations.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental
Tracklist
- Goin' Home (5:03)
- I'm Just a Lucky so and So (4:39)
- Quarantine (7:03)
- From Within (4:13)
- Salt Water Blues (6:48)
- Lateef Minor 7th (5:00)
- Adoration (4:34)
- Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) (4:55)
Credits
- Yusef Lateef - primary artist, flute, oboe, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Herman Wright - bass
- Hugh Lawson - celesta [celeste], piano
- Ron Carter - cello
- Ken Deardoff - design, graphic design
- Lex Humphries - drums, timpani [tympany]
- Jack Matthews - mastered by
- Lawrence N. Shustak - photography by
- Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes
- Jack Higgins - recorded by [recording engineer]
- Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k - written-by
- William Arms Fisher - written-by
- Duke Ellington - written-by
- Mack David - written-by
- Abe Woodley - written-by
- Joe Zawinul - written-by
- Con Conrad - written-by
- Sidney Clare - written-by
- Larence Nathan Shustak - photography