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The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef

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Released
  
June 1960

Artist
  
Yusef Lateef

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:24

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
May 9, 1960 New York City

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)
  
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Similar
  
Yusef Lateef albums, Jazz albums

The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars with the review by Stacia Proefrock stating, "Not quite as expansive or daring as much of Lateef's other recordings, The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef still documents a fine musician at work during the peak of his career".

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

  1. "Goin' Home" (Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher) - 5:02
  2. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) - 4:35
  3. "Quarantine" (Abe Woodley) - 7:00
  4. "From Within" - 4:11
  5. "Salt Water Blues" - 6:47
  6. "Lateef Minor 7th" (Joe Zawinul) - 4:58
  7. "Adoration" - 4:31
  8. "Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)" (Sidney Clare, Con Conrad) - 4:56

Personnel

  • Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 8), oboe (tracks 2 & 5), flute (tracks 4, 6 & 7)
  • Hugh Lawson - piano, celeste
  • Ron Carter - cello (tracks 1, 2 & 4-7)
  • Herman Wright - bass
  • Lex Humphries - drums, timpani

    • Songs

    1Goin' Home5:05
    2I'm Just a Lucky So and So4:39
    3Quarantine7:03

    References

    The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef Wikipedia
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