Eastern Sounds
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Released | April 1962 | |||
Recorded | September 5, 1961 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Hard bop | |||
Length | 39:54 | |||
Label | Moodsville MVLP 22 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Eastern Sounds is an album by jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1961. The album features Lateef's continued exploration of Middle Eastern music, which were incorporated into his version of hard bop with a quartet featuring Barry Harris on piano. The opening track features Lateef on Chinese globular flute,[3] generally called xun.[4] The fusing of musical genres was not a new thing in jazz or for Lateef as his 1957 album Prayer to the East incorporated the shehnai and Middle Eastern influences in playing jazz standards.[5] Aside from Lateef's original compositions, there are covers of themes from the films Spartacus and The Robe, the last one being used as samples by Blockhead and Nujabes.
Track listing[]
- "The Plum Blossom" (Yusef Lateef) – 5:03
- "Blues for the Orient" (Lateef) – 5:40
- "Chinq Miau" (Lateef) – 3:20
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh) – 4:57
- "Love Theme from Spartacus" (Alex North) – 4:15
- "Snafu" (Lateef) – 5:42
- "Purple Flower" (Lateef) – 4:32
- "Love Theme from The Robe" (Alfred Newman) – 4:02
- "The Three Faces of Balal" (Lateef) – 2:23
Personnel[]
- Yusef Lateef – flute, oboe, tenor saxophone, xun (called "Chinese globular flute" in liner notes)
- Barry Harris – piano
- Ernie Farrow – double bass, Rabaab (called "rabat" in liner notes)
- Lex Humphries – drums
References[]
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Eastern Sounds at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ All About Jazz
- ^ Naxos
- ^ "Boston Phoenix". Archived from the original on 2005-08-28. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
Categories:
- 1962 albums
- Yusef Lateef albums
- Moodsville Records albums
- Hard bop albums
- Jazz fusion albums by American artists
- Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio