Yusef Lateef recorded 6 LPs for the Savoy label in 1957 and 1959; this is the first one issued. Lateef and his group were playing in Detroit at the time, and they would drive into NY, record a slew of sides (sometimes for competing labels), and then hightail it back to Detroit again. He wasn't offered a club appearance in NYC until 1959.
Yusef was pretty much a mainstream modern player when these recordings were made, though occasionally he would try something "experimental" (usually involving an incorporation of ethnic music into his program). Flute was his only other axe besides his tenor, and he plays it once here, on METAPHOR. Better is his tenor work - for example, on the medium blues YUSEF'S MOOD. Lateef is an excellent blues player, sticking to the lower register to great effect. MORNING and THE BEGINNING both are based on repeated one-note patterns, with the latter piece being slightly better. Curtis Fuller is on trombone and brings with him his characteristic muddy tone. Hugh Lawson is excellent on piano. A good CD, worth checking out. - Amazon reviewer
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef - flute, tenor sax, scraper, argol
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Hugh Lawson - piano
Ernie Farrow - bass
Louis Hayes - drums
Doug Watkins - percussion
Tracks:
1. Metaphor (Lateef) 8:08
2. Yusef's Mood (Lateef) 8:35
3. The Beginning (Lateef) 4:12
4. Morning (Lateef) 10:38
5. Blues In Space (Lateef) 7:07
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