Review
by Thom Jurek
Psychicemotus was released in 1965 and features Yusef Lateef on various flutes and tenor saxophone, Georges Arvanitas on piano, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer James Black. And while the Coltrane era of modal and free jazz was in full swing, Lateef always followed his own muse, and continued looking forward while looking back to ancient musics. His use of bamboo and Chinese wood flutes on the title track and "Bamboo Flute Blues" added not only dimension and texture, but rhythmic invention to standard jazz forms. Yet his readings of Jerome Kern's and Oscar Hammerstein's "Why Do I Love You," on which he plays tenor, swings elegantly while incorporating both hard bop and angular outside playing in his solo. Arvanitas is a near perfect foil for Lateef in that while he's not as technically flashy as Barry Harris, he is a deeply sympathetic player who uses accents and ostinati as grounding points, and prefigures rhythmic changes rather than just comping. The beautiful reading of Erik Satie's "First Gymnopedie" on which Lateef plays flute is an utterly beautiful, restrained, and adventurous reading, and is allowed to resonate rhythmically with hand-percussion fills by Black. While not Lateef's finest recording for Impulse (Live at Pep's takes the cake), it certainly is a worthy and memorable one.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/psychicemotus-mw0000394977
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Revisión
por Thom Jurek
Psychicemotus fue lanzado en 1965 y cuenta con Yusef Lateef en varias flautas y saxofón tenor, Georges Arvanitas en el piano, el bajista Reggie Workman y el baterista James Black. Y mientras la era Coltrane del jazz modal y libre estaba en pleno apogeo, Lateef siempre siguió a su propia musa, y continuó mirando hacia adelante mientras miraba hacia atrás a las músicas antiguas. Su uso de bambú y flautas de madera chinas en la canción principal y "Bamboo Flute Blues" agregó no solo dimensión y textura, sino invención rítmica a las formas estándar de jazz. Sin embargo, sus lecturas de "Why Do I Love You" de Jerome Kern y Oscar Hammerstein, en las que toca tenor, se balancean elegantemente al tiempo que incorporan hard bop y angular en su solo. Arvanitas es una lámina casi perfecta para Lateef en el sentido de que, si bien no es tan llamativo técnicamente como Barry Harris, es un jugador profundamente comprensivo que usa acentos y ostinati como puntos de conexión a tierra, y prefigura cambios rítmicos en lugar de simplemente componer. La hermosa lectura de la "Primera Gimnopedia" de Erik Satie en la que Lateef toca la flauta es una lectura completamente hermosa, sobria y aventurera, y se le permite resonar rítmicamente con rellenos de percusión manual de Black. Si bien no es la mejor grabación de Lateef para Impulse (Live at Pep's takes the cake), ciertamente es digna y memorable.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/psychicemotus-mw0000394977
Tracks:
1 - Psychicemotus - 5:03
2 - Bamboo Flute Blues - 3:59
3 - Semiocto - 4:28
4 - Why Do I Love You?
Composed By – Kern-Hammerstein II - 6:28
5 - First Gymnopedie
Arranged By – Lateef*
Composed By – Satie - 3:27
6 - Medula Sonata - 6:31
7 - I'll Always Be In Love With You
Composed By – Green*, Ruby*, Stept - 4:39
8 - Ain't Misbehavin'
Composed By – Razaf*, Waller*, Brooks - 4:43
Credits:
Art Direction [Art Directed By: Reissue] – Hollis King
Bass – Reggie Workman (tracks: 1 to 7)
Composed By – Lateef* (tracks: 1 to 3, 6)
Design [Cover Design] – Robert Flynn (2), Viceroy (2)
Design [Liner Design] – Joe Lebow
Drums, Bells [Indian Bell], Percussion – James Black (tracks: 1 to 7)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Executive-Producer [Reissue Executive Producer] – Ken Druker
Flute, Flute [Bamboo Flute], Flute [Chinese Wind Flute], Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 1 to 7)
Liner Notes – Ahmad Basheer
Mastered By [Reissue Mastered By] – Bob Irwin, Jayme Pieruzzi
Photography By [Cover Photograph], Photography By [Liner Photos] – Charles Stewart*
Piano – George Arvanitas*
Producer [Original Recordings Produced By] – Bob Thiele
Production Manager [Production Assistance By: Reissue] – Carolyn Freeman
Reissue Producer – Bryan Koniarz
Recorded July 1965 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (tracks 1, 4 to 6, 8 on July 21; tracks 2, 3, 7 on July 22).
Label: Impulse! – AS-92, Impulse! – A-92
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Modal
https://www.discogs.com/release/901691-Yusef-Lateef-Psychicemotus
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thank for the original uploader
Thanks for the late Lateef on Impulse - great preview!!!
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