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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Yusef Lateef • The Sound of Yousef



The Sounds of Yusef recorded for Prestige and released in Oct 1957 shows Lateef's blossoming interest in exploring the sounds of the East. This is a predecessor to his classic 1961 "Eastern Sounds" disc. My fave track is the adventurous and experimental "Love and Humor" with it's Chinese gong, Asian style flute lines played by Lateef and a passage of apparently non-traditional instruments like 7-Up bottles and the taught surfaces of balloons stroked til they create that high pitched squeaking kids seem to love way more than adults. Anyhow, it's not all like that, and any traditional jazz fans could still enjoy the melodious opener "Take the 'A' Train".
 
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The Sounds of Yusef, grabado para Prestige y publicado en octubre de 1957, muestra el floreciente interés de Lateef por explorar los sonidos de Oriente. Se trata de un predecesor de su clásico disco "Eastern Sounds" de 1961. Mi tema favorito es el aventurero y experimental "Love and Humor" con su gong chino, líneas de flauta de estilo asiático tocadas por Lateef y un pasaje de instrumentos aparentemente no tradicionales como botellas de 7-Up y las superficies enseñadas de los globos acariciadas hasta crear ese chirrido agudo que parece gustar a los niños más que a los adultos. De todos modos, no todo es así, y cualquier aficionado al jazz tradicional podrá disfrutar de la melodiosa apertura "Take the 'A' Train".



01. Take the “A” Train
02. Playful Flute
03. Love and Humor
04. Buckingham
05. Meditation


Personnel:
Yusef Lateef (ts, fl, tambourine, argol)
Wilbur Harden (flh, balloon)
Hugh Lawson (p, Turkish finger cymbals, Seven Up bottle, balloon, bells)
Ernie Farrow (b, rabat)
Oliver Jackson (d, Chinese gong, earthboard)


Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 11, 1957
recording engineer: Rudy van Gelder


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