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Released
  
June 1969

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Producer
  
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Length
  
31:02

Release date
  
June 1969

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
February 4-5, 1969Century Sound Studios, New York City

Yusef Lateef's Detroit(1969)
  
The Diverse Yusef Lateef(1969)

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Yusef Lateef's Detroit (subtitled Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°) is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1969 (with one track from The Complete Yusef Lateef recording sessions in 1967) and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Thom Jurek calling it "one of Lateef's most misunderstood recordings".

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

  1. "Bishop School" - 3:00
  2. "Livingston Playground" - 3:37
  3. "Eastern Market" - 4:15
  4. "Belle Isle" - 3:12
  5. "Russell and Elliot" - 4:47
  6. "Raymond Winchester" - 2:35
  7. "Woodward Avenue"- 2:11
  8. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) - 7:25
  • Recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York City on February 4, 1969 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7) and February 5, 1969 (tracks 2, 3, & 6) and on June 1, 1957 in New York City (track 8)
  • Hip-hop artist MF DOOM sampled track 3 for his song Who You Think I Am off the album Operation: DOOMSDAY

    Personnel

  • Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, vocals
  • Thad Jones (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Danny Moore (tracks 2, 3, & 6), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1-7), Snooky Young (tracks 1-7) - trumpet
  • Eric Gale - guitar (tracks 1-7)
  • Hugh Lawson - piano
  • Cecil McBee - bass
  • Chuck Rainey - electric bass (tracks 1-7)
  • Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-7) - drums, Roy Brooks (track 8),
  • Ray Barretto (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Norman Pride (tracks 2, 3, & 6) - congas
  • Albert Heath - percussion (tracks 1-7)
  • Selwart Clarke, James Tryon - violin (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
  • Alfred Brown - viola (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
  • Kermit Moore - cello (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
  • Songs

    1Bishop School3:00
    2Livingston Playground3:37
    3Eastern Market4:15

    References

    Yusef Lateef's Detroit Wikipedia


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