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These pivotal sessions for Lateef and his Detroit-based groups comprise some of his most important music recorded for the Savoy label. This double CD set consists of complete albums The Dreamer and The Fabric of Jazz. (1959) and Jazz & The Sounds of Nature and Prayer to the East (1957) as well as a bonus cut. CD one is from the 1959 date, and contains some true Lateef classics like the slow swing of "Oboe Blues" and the bright, uppity waltz of "Valse Bouk." The 1957 dates on Disc Two show Lateef and Harden more focused and together or contrary and conversational. "8540 12th St." showcases the two horns mostly listening and spontaneously responding with some unison added on this classic hard bopper, Harden's poignant one note preludes on his solo are unique as an organist might play it. The Prayer to the East session includes the easy blues swing of the title cut, with Lateef's flute invoking Arabic inflections. Others from The Sounds of Nature are the Afro-Cuban to swing-beated "Check Blues" with unusual harmonics from overblown flute or stabbing flugelhorn notes, and the 6/8 one-note bass (or rabat) foundation for "Gypsy Arab," a flute/percussion processional with gong coda. This is a welcome reissue, as it puts the final stripe on Lateef's prolific music for Savoy prior to his more commercialized outings for Atlantic proper. It's some of his more profound, definitve work and is easily worthy of a hearty and universal high recommendation, especially a must buy for those new to Lateef's musings.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
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Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Earl Brent, ComposerLyricist - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Abe Woodley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bill Austin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bernard McKinney, Euphonium, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Pollard, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Gant, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Abe Woodley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Golden, ComposerLyricist - Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Raymond Hubbell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
DISC 2
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Ali Jackson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Davis, ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Jimmy Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Ram Ramirez, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - LES BAXTER, ComposerLyricist - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Wilbur Harden, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Yusef Lateef, MainArtist - Wilbur Harden, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
These pivotal sessions for Lateef and his Detroit-based groups comprise some of his most important music recorded for the Savoy label. This double CD set consists of complete albums The Dreamer and The Fabric of Jazz. (1959) and Jazz & The Sounds of Nature and Prayer to the East (1957) as well as a bonus cut. CD one is from the 1959 date, and contains some true Lateef classics like the slow swing of "Oboe Blues" and the bright, uppity waltz of "Valse Bouk." The 1957 dates on Disc Two show Lateef and Harden more focused and together or contrary and conversational. "8540 12th St." showcases the two horns mostly listening and spontaneously responding with some unison added on this classic hard bopper, Harden's poignant one note preludes on his solo are unique as an organist might play it. The Prayer to the East session includes the easy blues swing of the title cut, with Lateef's flute invoking Arabic inflections. Others from The Sounds of Nature are the Afro-Cuban to swing-beated "Check Blues" with unusual harmonics from overblown flute or stabbing flugelhorn notes, and the 6/8 one-note bass (or rabat) foundation for "Gypsy Arab," a flute/percussion processional with gong coda. This is a welcome reissue, as it puts the final stripe on Lateef's prolific music for Savoy prior to his more commercialized outings for Atlantic proper. It's some of his more profound, definitve work and is easily worthy of a hearty and universal high recommendation, especially a must buy for those new to Lateef's musings.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 02:09:41
- Main artists: Yusef Lateef
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Savoy
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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