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Yusef Lateef • Nocturnes



Review
by AllMusic  
Yusef Lateef has always sought to extend the boundaries of musical expression. Continuing his quest for new vistas in jazz, Yusef Lateef's 1989 release NOCTURNES is a subtle, even brooding, musical project that uses sound colors and stark musical landscapes to create, above all else, a sense of darkness and nighttime. This music is largely programmatic. In fact, NOCTURNES is probably best summed up as a modern tone poem. The writing is gloomy and ominous, dissonant and angular. Yet, each track retains a distinctly gentle and placid disposition. Trumpeter Hugh Schick plays with a rich, full bodied and legato approach throughout and Lateef's own flute playing is often quite heartrending as he soliloquizes over his own piano and keyboard playing.

NOCTURNES is a perfect CD for late nights or dreary afternoons, Lateef and crew challenge our ears to enter into a world that is at once desolate and austere, yet pretty and serene. In short, this is mood music at its best. Highlights include "Compassion Duration" and "Warm Intensity."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/nocturnes-mw0000204238
 
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Reseña
por AllMusic  
Yusef Lateef siempre ha buscado ampliar los límites de la expresión musical. Continuando con su búsqueda de nuevas perspectivas en el jazz, el lanzamiento de 1989 de Yusef Lateef, NOCTURNES, es un proyecto musical sutil, incluso melancólico, que utiliza colores sonoros y paisajes musicales descarnados para crear, por encima de todo, una sensación de oscuridad y nocturnidad. Esta música es en gran medida programática. De hecho, la mejor manera de resumir NOCTURNES es como un poema tonal moderno. La escritura es sombría y ominosa, disonante y angulosa. Sin embargo, cada tema conserva un carácter suave y plácido. El trompetista Hugh Schick toca con un enfoque rico, lleno de cuerpo y legato, y la flauta de Lateef es a menudo desgarradora mientras soliloquiza sobre su propio piano y teclado.

NOCTURNES es un CD perfecto para las noches tardías o las tardes lúgubres, Lateef y su equipo desafían a nuestros oídos a entrar en un mundo que es a la vez desolado y austero, pero bonito y sereno. En resumen, se trata de la mejor música ambiental. Destacan "Compassion Duration" y "Warm Intensity".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/nocturnes-mw0000204238 
 
Tracks:
1 - Warm Intensity - 4:45
2 - Estuary - 2:34
3 - Indefinite Expansion - 2:34
4 - Closed Space - 5:12
5 - Compassion Duration - 4:56
6 - Visible Particles - 2:33
7 - While On Earth - 4:50
8 - Elementary Substance - 4:30
9 - Soft Light - 1:49
10 - Life Property - 2:39
11 - Luminous Energy - 2:37
12 - Essential Element - 5:27


Credits:
Yusef Lateef - Casio, Ensoniq, Flutes, Keyboards, Oboe, Piano, Sax (Tenor)
Christopher Salvo - Clarinet, Guest Artist
Hugh Schick - Flugelhorn, Horn
Patrick Tucker - French Horn

1989

 




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