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 | |||
Studio | 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
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek described it as "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, 1967 in New York City (track 8)
Record Store Day re-release
The album was re-released in the UK for Record Store Day on 22 April 2023 as a limited edition of 2,000 copies. It was selected by Giles Peterson from the Warner archive for re-release on his Arc Records label, it was re-mastered in mono from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. This is the only re-issue the album has had on vinyl since its original release in 1969.[4]
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
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed July 19, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83°". Record Store Day. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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- Jazz for the Thinker (1957)
- Jazz Mood (1957)
- Before Dawn (1957)
- Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957)
- Prayer to the East (1957)
- The Sounds of Yusef (1957)
- Other Sounds (1957)
- Lateef at Cranbrook (1958)
- The Dreamer (1959)
- The Fabric of Jazz (1959)
- Cry! – Tender (1959)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef|Contemplation (1960)
- The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960)
- Lost in Sound (1961)
- Eastern Sounds (1961)
- Into Something (1961)
- Jazz 'Round the World (1963)
- Live at Pep's (1964)
- 1984 (1965)
- Psychicemotus (1965)
- A Flat, G Flat and C (1966)
- The Golden Flute (1966)
- The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
- Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969)
- The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969)
- Suite 16 (1970)
- The Gentle Giant (1971)
- Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
- Part of the Search (1973)
- 10 Years Hence (1974)
- The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)
- Autophysiopsychic (1977)
- In a Temple Garden (1979)
- In Nigeria (1983)
- Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
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- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
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- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
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- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
- Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961)
- The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
- Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964)
- Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971)
- Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974)
- Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977)
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