Yusef Lateef

180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION

The Complete Album + 2 Bonus Tracks

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Although his main instruments were the tenor saxophone and the flute, Yusef Lateef was known for his innovative blending of jazz with Asian music. In addition to the oboe and bassoon (which are both unusual in jazz), he played various instruments. Lateef began recording as a leader in 1957 for Savoy Records, a non-exclusive association that continued until 1959.

The earliest ofhis albums for the Prestige subsidiary New Jazz overlap his Savoy Recordings. Cry!-Tender was one of these early albums for New Jazz recorded during this early period of Lateef’s music career and is the only session ever he recorded with trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer.

PERSONNEL:

• ON SIDE A & B1-B3:
• Yusef Lateef - (tenor sax, flute, oboe)
• Lonnie Hillyer - (trumpet)
• Hugh Lawson - (piano)
• Herman Wright - (bass)
• Frank Gant - (drums)
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, October 16, 1959.

• ON B4:
• Yusef Lateef - (tenor sax)
• Wilbur Harden - (fluegelhorn)
• Hugh Lawson - (piano)
• Ernie Farrow - (bass)
• Oliver Jackson - (drums)
• Hackensack, New Jersey, October 11, 1957.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• A5: Yusef Lateef (ts), Hugh Lawson (p), Herman Wright (b), Lex Humphries (d).
• New York, May 9, 1960.
• B5: Yusef Lateef (ts), Barry Harris (p), Herman Wright (b), Elvin Jones (d).
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, December 29, 1961

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. SEA BREEZE
• A2. DOPOLOUS
• A3. CRY! – TENDER
• A4. BUTTER’S BLUES
• A5. QUARANTINE (*)

• SIDE B:
• B1. YESTERDAYS
• B2. THE SNOW IS GREEN
• B3. IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
• B4. ECAPS
• B5. WHEN YOU’RE SMILING (*)