JSngry Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 Consider it a companion of sorts to this one: Quote
Kyo Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 Anyone know where I can find a copy of 1984 on CD? Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 7, 2010 Report Posted January 7, 2010 i sure would love to see yusef lateef play! Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 7, 2010 Report Posted January 7, 2010 Yusef is receiving an NEA Jazz Master award on Tuesday at JALC along with Cedar Walton, Bobby Hutcherson and others. Hopefully he'll play. I'll report back. Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 For me the highlight of the NEA Jazz Masters awards ceremony was Yusef's piece performed with a percussionist. In addition to a host of wooden flutes and regular flute Yusef played tenor and sang. His sound on tenor is still incredible. Other highlights included Moody's introduction of Kenny Barron, Jimmy Heath's brief introduction of Cedar and Gerald Wilson's introduction of Bobby Hutcherson, who unfortunately didn't play. Quote
king ubu Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Posted January 13, 2010 Thanks for reporting, Michael! Good to know Lateef still has it down! He appeared in Paris with Archie Shepp (and Shepp's band: Tom McClung, Wayne Dockery, Steve McCraven, with Leon Parker added on percussion) in September. A recording is in circulation but I haven't come around to it yet. His album with the Belmondo brothers also yielded a few fantastic live concerts, though again I only heard some of it on the radio, alas. That was in 2006. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 WOW- that sounds amazing. was the yusef piece remincnicent of his early Prestge work? Quote
sidewinder Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 His album with the Belmondo brothers also yielded a few fantastic live concerts, though again I only heard some of it on the radio, alas. That was in 2006. I saw the performance with the Belmondos at NorthSea some years ago (2005?) - it was a highlight of the festival. Heck, even watching him dismantling his horns and packing them away was great. Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 For me the highlight of the NEA Jazz Masters awards ceremony was Yusef's piece performed with a percussionist. In addition to a host of wooden flutes and regular flute Yusef played tenor and sang. His sound on tenor is still incredible. Other highlights included Moody's introduction of Kenny Barron, Jimmy Heath's brief introduction of Cedar and Gerald Wilson's introduction of Bobby Hutcherson, who unfortunately didn't play. You are truly lucky!!! Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 Was the yusef piece reminiscent of his early Prestge work? That's very funny! Quote
king ubu Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Posted January 22, 2011 Wow! Just about to finish my first spin of "The Complete Yusef Lateef", a 1968 Atlantic album (reissued on CD by Collectables). Recorded in 1967 with Hugh Lawson, Cecil McBee and Roy Brooks and 'teef doing some overdubbing on a few tracks, this one's a really smoking disc! I still have some reservations about the piecemeal albums (Blue, Detroit, Diverse, even more so Part of the Search), but I'm very happy about having "The Complete" now! The Atlantic period may be a sketchy one, but this one's definitely worth hearing! Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted January 23, 2011 Report Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Was the yusef piece reminiscent of his early Prestge work? That's very funny! Why is that funny? Several of those albums are along the lines of what you described. There are probably fewer than twenty artists whose albums I will buy without doing needledrops. Yusef is one of them. Edited January 23, 2011 by Teasing the Korean Quote
imeanyou Posted January 24, 2011 Report Posted January 24, 2011 What do you guys think of this? 'Moon Cups' amazes me. I went from laughing to listening to liking, back to laughing, then listening again, not liking, laughing again and now I'm currently at 'liking'. For me the Atlantic stuff is weaker than either his Prestige or Impulse! recordings. I picked up '1984' a few days ago but have just given it a cursory listen so far. The only real dud I have by him is 'Nocturnes' from 1989. Dull and one-paced. Quote
stevebop Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Go here to hear my Jazz Portrait on Yusef in his own words and music: http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Jazz-Portraits-674/episodes/Saxophonist-Yusef-Lateef-9664 Quote
Michael Weiss Posted February 18, 2012 Report Posted February 18, 2012 Was hanging at Barry Harris' today and while we were digging Yusef on the Louis Hayes VJ, Barry got an urge to call him up. So it was nice to be there for that chat. Quote
John L Posted February 18, 2012 Report Posted February 18, 2012 Wow! Just about to finish my first spin of "The Complete Yusef Lateef", a 1968 Atlantic album (reissued on CD by Collectables). Recorded in 1967 with Hugh Lawson, Cecil McBee and Roy Brooks and 'teef doing some overdubbing on a few tracks, this one's a really smoking disc! I still have some reservations about the piecemeal albums (Blue, Detroit, Diverse, even more so Part of the Search), but I'm very happy about having "The Complete" now! The Atlantic period may be a sketchy one, but this one's definitely worth hearing! I agree! This is a first rate piece of work. Quote
Guy Berger Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 The "Live at Pep's" are terrific! Great band, featuring unsung Richard Williams on trumpet. I don't think these live albums are comparable to the other Impulse albums - I only have "Golden Flute" and "Psychicemotus" - both are very good, but rather different from the live session, which is rawer, more intense, sometimes maybe ragged... As for the Savoys: the early ones I think are even better than the sessions on the "Last Savoy" package. I know the Mood one and "Jazz for Thinkers", both are terrific! I've been slowly making my way through the 4-cd 1957 sessions box, in particular I've listened to the two sessions which generated Jazz Mood and Jazz for Thinkers, and Ubu is right, they are brilliant. Some of the very best Lateef I've heard. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 I've never been able to get into his music - had Eastern Moods, Golden Flute, 1984 and maybe a couple others and sold them all long ago. Maybe I need to try again, because clearly he's an incredibly respected musician and composer. Quote
StarThrower Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I recommend the Live At Pep's volumes 1&2 on Impulse. I also like The Centaur & The Phoenix, and The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef. The 2-CD Savoy Sessions is another good set, but it might be deleted. Quote
JSngry Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 Maybe I need to try again, because clearly he's an incredibly respected musician and composer. Just listen to the sound he gets out of the tenor, how it's big, fat, and full in all registers, how he understands the possible sounds the horn presents, and how he always has total control over them. Anything beyond that is just icing on the cake. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 Any of the Savoys and 'Before Dawn' on Verve are good places to start with Yusef. Great player ! Quote
jazzbo Posted March 10, 2012 Report Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Yes Jim, that sound from the tenor! I just love it! I think my first exposure to Teefski was on a Charlie Parker lp on Charlie Parker Records. I mean literally. . . I bought a Charlie Parker lp on Charlie Parker Records, and though it was labeled Bird it was in fact Lateef. Which I did not know for a while, I just knew that it wasn't Charlie Parker! I discovered this when sampling the ABC Impulse Years two lp set in a store and buying that. I can still remember sitting in my then basement listening space hearing those tracks for the first time. Lateef opened up some misical windows for me. Edited March 10, 2012 by jazzbo Quote
Guy Berger Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I recommend the Live At Pep's volumes 1&2 on Impulse. I also like The Centaur & The Phoenix, and The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef. The 2-CD Savoy Sessions is another good set, but it might be deleted. Just get the Fresh Sound "Yusef's Mood" 4 CD box - it's in print and includes all the material in the Savoy sessions box, and a lot more. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) I love all of his eastern-tinged stuff where he plays the flute. I probably already said this on the same thread a year ago. Edited March 11, 2012 by Teasing the Korean Quote
jazzbo Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 Just get the Fresh Sound "Yusef's Mood" 4 CD box - it's in print and includes all the material in the Savoy sessions box, and a lot more. Unfortunately, that's only true of the second disc of the "Last Savoy Sessions." Quote
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