Eastern Sounds

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Cat No: EJC55777

Release Date: 18 November 2022

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436559469555

Genres: Jazz Hard Bop

Release Date: 18 November 2022

Label: Waxtime

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436559469548

Genres: Jazz Hard Bop

Description
Complete quartet studio sessions by Yusef Lateef that feature pianist Barry Harris plus 1 bonus track, two tracks appear for the first time ever on CD.
Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) was one of the first Afro-American jazz musicians to embrace the Islamic faith. Although his main instruments were the tenor saxophone and the flute, he was known for his innovative blending of jazz with Asian music. His "Eastern"' influences are clearly audible on Eastern Sounds (Moodsville MVST- 22), which is presented here in its entirety along with all his other quartet recordings with iconic pianist Barry Harris. Among them are two tracks, "Cookin'" and "Marching Piper Blues", which were only issued on a hard to find single and appear here for the first time ever on CD. A rare studio reading of "Brother John", one of Lateef's best known compositions has been added as a further bonus.

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Limited edition 180gram audiophile pressing of Yusef Lateef's seminal 'Eastern Sounds' LP + bonus track.
"One of multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef's most enduring recordings, Eastern Sounds was one of the last recordings made by the band that Lateef shared with pianist Barry Harris after the band moved to New York from Detroit, where the jazz scene was already dying. 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-flavoured music that it is hard to imagine them coming from the same band. Awesome!" - ***** Thom Jurek, AllMusic
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