Yusef Lateef

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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. This Moodsville session, recorded in 1961, was drenched in Lateef's current explorations of Eastern mode and interval, as well as tonal and polytonal improvisation.

PERSONNEL:

• YUSEF LATEEF, tenor sax, flute
• BARRY HARRIS, piano
• ERNIE FARROW, bass
• LEX HUMPHRIES, drums

Hackensack, N.J., September 5, 1961

TRACKS:

• A1. The Plum Blossom
• A2. Blues For The Orient
• A3. Ching Miau
• A4. Don't Blame Me

• B1. Love Theme From Spartacus
• B2. Snafu
• B3. Purple Flower
• B4. Love Theme From The Robe
• B5. Three Faces Of Balal