Released June 1987 Label Rhino Atlantic Release date June 1987 | Length 32:53 | |
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Awards Grammy Award for Best New Age Album Similar Yusef Lateef albums, Jazz albums | ||
Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony is an album by Yusef Lateef, released through the record label Rhino Atlantic in June 1987. The album, which Billboard described as "an atmospheric four-movement classical/jazz composition", was produced by Lateef, recorded, mixed and mastered by Norman Blain, and remastered by Dennis King. Lateef provided all instrumentation that appears on the album. In 1988, Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony earned Lateef the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album despite having no prior association with the genre.
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Composition and reception
Lateef played all of the instruments that appear on Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony, which Billboard described as "an atmospheric four-movement classical/jazz composition". The album was produced by Lateef, recorded, mixed and mastered by Norman Blain, and remastered by Dennis King.
In 1988, the album earned Lateef the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album despite having no prior association with new-age music. Known for disliking the term "jazz", Lateef has stated he has no problem with the New Age classification and believes the genre has no "negative connotations at all".
Track listing
All songs by Yusef Lateef.
- "First Movement: Larghissimo" – 8:05
- "Second Movement: Andante" – 8:14
- "Third Movement: Moderato" – 10:07
- "Fourth Movement: Presto" – 6:51
Track listing adapted from AllMusic.
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Songs
1First Movement: Larghissimo8:05
2Second Movement: Andante8:15
3Third Movement: Moderato10:08