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He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with Eastern music.  Psychicemotus, Bamboo Flute Blues, Semiocto, Why Do I Love You?, First Gymnopedie, Medula Sonata, I'll Always Be in Love with You, Ain't Misbehavin'","brand":"Impulse Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39573692776598,"sku":"600753627655","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/products\/3050469_c5611f82-eace-456a-bd30-af2725a798e2.jpg?v=1705098596"},{"product_id":"5060149622353","title":"Lateef, Yusef: Doctor Is In...and Out (Vinyl LP)","description":"Originally released in 1976 on Atlantic this album features the Eastern modal and melodic frameworks of his earlier Prestige records such as Eastern Sounds, Cry!\/Tender, and Other Sounds. 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At any rate, there was considerable demand for Lateef's many recordings of the late 1950s and early Sixties that reflected his fascination with things oriental. Eastern Sounds, in fact, was one of his best sellers. One of the warmest and most accessible soloists in jazz, Lateef is a master not only of conventional reed instruments but many unconventional ones. Here, using only tenor saxophone, flute, and oboe, he generates mystery and exoticism. With Barry Harris, Ernie Farrow, Lex Humphries. Tracks: The Plum Blossom, Blues for the Orient, Chinq Miau, Don't Blame Me, Love Theme from Spartacus, Snafu, Purple Flower, Love Theme from the Robe, the Three Faces of Balal.  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Lateef plays flute on 'The Dreamer' and 'Last Night Blues' (it was the last night of the run). He plays the shenai - a kind of oboe - on 'Blues for The Orient', the xun - a Chinese flute - on 'Song of Delilah', and tenor saxophone on 'Yusef's Mood'. The evening's performance was recorded by Les Tomkins at the request of Ronnie Scott. The musicians were unaware they were being recorded as Scott believed they would be at their best and most unselfconscious this way. This record was mastered at Gearbox Records directly from the original 1\/4 tapes. Cut on Haeco Scully lathe with Westrex RA1700 series amps, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Maselec master control and equalization.  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In the early 1980s, famed jazz saxophonist and musical luminary Yusef Lateef traveled to Nigeria as a Senior Research Fellow to study, write, and teach at Ahmadu Bello University. He cut this record while there; pressed locally in Nigeria, it remained virtually unknown by jazz fans and collectors for over 30 years. On Hikima, Lateef leads a nonet of African musicians in six compositions that fuse his deep blues and jazz roots with native Nigerian instruments, drums and chants. The sounds stretch from meditative and melancholic to urgent and unrelenting. A singular recording impossible to classify or box in. Licensed through Yusef Lateef's estate and lovingly pressed to vinyl by Key System Recordings, a new imprint dedicated to progressive and underground music of all types helmed by Jonathan Sklute, founder of NYC vinyl boutique Good Records. Officially licensed through the Lateef estate. Restored and remastered by Jessica Thompson. 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The R\u0026amp;B contributions on the other tracks testify to Lateef's skilled excursions into the realm of the blues, while the truly adventurous tracks such as Back Home and the mystic, Chinese odyssey Moon Cup weave a magical net of sheer pleasure. The Blue Yusef Lateef is in every possible way absolutely breathtaking. It is a milestone as a jazz album. As a blues album it is quite unique. But as a musical work of art it is a glorious and genial masterpiece.  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Lateef had long been interested in Eastern music, long before John Coltrane had ever shown any public interest anyway, so this Moodsville session was drenched in Lateef's current explorations of Eastern mode and interval, as well as tonal and polytonal improvisation. The themes set up the deep blues and wondrous ballad extrapolations Lateef was working on, which add such depth and dimension to the Eastern flavored music that it is hard to imagine them coming from the same band. Awesome. 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