Jazz and the Sounds of Nature

Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	1958
Recorded	October 9 & 10, 1957 ; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Savoy; MG 12120
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Yusef Lateef chronology

Jazz and the Sound of Nature is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

"Seulb" (Wilbur Harden) - 6:13
"Song of Delilah" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young) - 8:21
"Sounds of Nature" - 3:47
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:19
"8540 Twelfth Street" - 4:25
"Check Blues" - 6:40
"Gypsy Arab" (Harden) - 3:26

Personnel[]

Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute - track 2, tambourine, Indian reed whistle
Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, tambourine
Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina
Ernie Farrow - bass, rebab
Oliver Jackson - drums, gong

References[]

^ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012

[1] Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012

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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Jazz for the Thinker (1957) Jazz Mood (1957) Before Dawn (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957) Prayer to the East (1957) The Sounds of Yusef (1957) Other Sounds (1957) Lateef at Cranbrook (1958) The Dreamer (1959) The Fabric of Jazz (1959) Cry! – Tender (1959) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef\|Contemplation (1960) The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960) The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) Lost in Sound (1961) Eastern Sounds (1961) Into Something (1961) Jazz 'Round the World (1963) Live at Pep's (1964) 1984 (1965) Psychicemotus (1965) A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1966) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1971) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) Part of the Search (1973) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976) Autophysiopsychic (1977) In a Temple Garden (1979) In Nigeria (1983) Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
Split album	Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)
With others	The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s) Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955) Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960) My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960) 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960) Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960) Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961) The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962) Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964) Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971) Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974) Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977) Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)
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