Released June 1969 | Length 31:02 Release date June 1969 | |
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Recorded February 4-5, 1969Century Sound Studios, New York City Similar Yusef Lateef albums, Jazz albums |
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
- "Bishop School" - 3:00
- "Livingston Playground" - 3:37
- "Eastern Market" - 4:15
- "Belle Isle" - 3:12
- "Russell and Elliot" - 4:47
- "Raymond Winchester" - 2:35
- "Woodward Avenue"- 2:11
- "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) - 7:25
Hip-hop artist MF DOOM sampled track 3 for his song Who You Think I Am off the album Operation: DOOMSDAY
Personnel
Songs
1Bishop School3:00
2Livingston Playground3:37
3Eastern Market4:15
References
Yusef Lateef's Detroit Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA