Yusef Lateef
The Golden Flute
Impulse! (US) 1966
AS-9125 (LP) Original pressing. gatefold sleeve. w/company inner sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(DJS, light dirts)
media : EX-/EX(some slightly surface noises. some slightly hairlines that does not affect to sounds. A3 has one light click noises.)
An album released in 1966 by Yusef Lateef, who has left many ethnic works since the 1970s. Quartet with Herman Wright (b), Roy Brooks, Jr. (ds), and Hugh Lawson (p). A1/B3 with pleasant tenor saxophone and piano playing melodies with lustrous tones backed by a Latin feeling rhythm section, A3 with nostalgic soft-toned flute, etc., all very good performances from swingin' bebop to Latin jazz/soul jazz, modal, etc. The title track, B1, is a deep spiritual tune that evokes the Eastern philosophy to which he would later devote himself, and B4 also features a scale with an Eastern essence. This is a masterpiece. This is the original US pressing, cut by Rudy Van Gelder, and it sounds great.
B1: The Golden Flute
B3: Head Hunters
B4: The Smart Set