Eastern Sounds
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| Released | April 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 5, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
| Label | Moodsville MVLP 22 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
| Yusef Lateef chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarStar[2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | StarStarStarHalf star[3] |
Eastern Sounds is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef. It was released in April 1962 through Prestige Records on their Moodsville imprint.[1] The recording was made in September 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,[4] generally called xun.[5] 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.[6] In addition to original compositions by Lateef, Eastern Sounds includes covers of themes from the films Spartacus and The Robe.
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "The Plum Blossom" (Yusef Lateef) – 5:03
- "Blues for the Orient" (Lateef) – 5:40
- "Ching 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
Trivia
[edit | edit source]Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens was inspired by the melody of the opening track to write his first hit single "I Love My Dog" (1966). Lateef later received credits and royalties for it.[7]
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- 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
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