Yusef Lateef

The Blue Yusef Lateef

Atlantic / Music On Vinyl

Terrific, uproariously outernational LP from 1969, with Roy Brooks, Kenny Burrell, Blue Mitchell, Hugh Lawson, Sonny Red, Bob Cranshaw, and a very young Cecil McBee. The Sweet Inspirations are in full effect. Besides tenor and flute, Lateef plays bamboo and pneumatic flutes, tamboura and koto.
There’s a rocking blues (Othelia) and a Japanese freakout (Moon Cup). Back Home is a modal wig-out. The soulful eastern sounds of Like It Is are essential Lateef.

• JUBA JUBA
• LIKE IT IS
• OTHELIA
• MOON CUP
• BACK HOME
• GET OVER, GET OFF AND GET ON
• SIX MILES NEXT DOOR
• SUN DOG