Yusef Lateef's Detroit
| Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83° | ||||
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| Studio album by Yusef Lateef | ||||
| Released | June 1969 | |||
| Recorded |
February 4-5, 1969 Century Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 31:02 | |||
| Label |
Atlantic SD 1525 | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Yusef Lateef chronology | ||||
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Yusef Lateef's Detroit (subtitled Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°) is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1969 (with one track from The Complete Yusef Lateef recording sessions in 1967) and released on the Atlantic label.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Thom Jurek calling it "one of Lateef's most misunderstood recordings".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated
- "Bishop School" - 3:00
- "Livingston Playground" - 3:37
- "Eastern Market" - 4:15
- "Belle Isle" - 3:12
- "Russell and Elliot" - 4:47
- "Raymond Winchester" - 2:35
- "Woodward Avenue"- 2:11
- "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) - 7:25
- Recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York City on February 4, 1969 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7) and February 5, 1969 (tracks 2, 3, & 6) and on June 1, 1957 in New York City (track 8)
Hip-hop artist MF DOOM sampled track 3 for his song Who You Think I Am off the album Operation: DOOMSDAY
Personnel
- Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, vocals
- Thad Jones (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Danny Moore (tracks 2, 3, & 6), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1-7), Snooky Young (tracks 1-7) - trumpet
- Eric Gale - guitar (tracks 1-7)
- Hugh Lawson - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Chuck Rainey - electric bass (tracks 1-7)
- Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-7) - drums, Roy Brooks (track 8),
- Ray Barretto (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Norman Pride (tracks 2, 3, & 6) - congas
- Albert Heath - percussion (tracks 1-7)
- Selwart Clarke, James Tryon - violin (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
- Alfred Brown - viola (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
- Kermit Moore - cello (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
References
- ↑ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 20, 2012
- 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed July 19, 2012
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