Yusef Lateef – The Blue Yusef Lateef

 

Atlantic records 1968  – SD 1508

notes:
The Blue Yusef Lateef is an album by multi-instrumentalist
Yusef Lateef recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label.

credits:

    Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, pneumatic flute, shannie
     (as listed in credits, presumably a shehnai), koto, tambura, scraper, vocals
    Blue Mitchell – trumpet
    Sonny Red – alto saxophone
    Buddy Lucas – harmonica
    Hugh Lawson – piano
    Kenny Burrell – guitar
    Cecil McBee – bass
    Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
    Roy Brooks – drums
    Selwart Clarke, James Tryon – violin (track 2)
    Alfred Brown – viola (track 2)
    Kermit Moore – cello (track 2)
    The Sweet Inspirations – vocal group (tracks 1 & 5)
   

    A1,A2,A3  recorded RCA Studios, NYC, April 23, 1968
    A4 To B4  recorded RCA Studios, NYC, April 24, 1968
    Engineer – Ray Hall
     Producer – Joel Dorn
     Written-By – Yusef Lateef (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3, B4)
tracklist:

A1        Juba Juba
Backing Vocals – The Sweet Inspirations
4:20
A2        Like It Is
Arranged By [Strings] – Yusef Lateef
Conductor [String Quartet] – William Fischer*
7:32
A3        Othelia    4:31
A4        Moon Cup
Vocals – Yusef Lateef
3:16
B1        Back Home
Backing Vocals – The Sweet Inspirations
4:59
B2        Get Over, Get Off And Get On
Written-By – Hugh Lawson
3:41
B3        Six Miles Next Door    4:41
B4        Sun Dog    3:05

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