The Sounds Of Yusef

The Sounds Of YusefReissue. Recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label, The Sounds Of Yusef features Yusef Lateef's quintet with Wilbur Harden (flugelhorn), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), and Oliver Jackson (drums). Lateef's aesthetic was a perfect mixture of hard driving jazz and a variety of ethnic materials. Even though if compared to later works, Sounds Of Yusef is still very much rooted in jazz while the use of traditional ethnic instruments

The album reached #24 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart

the album is heavily infused with Yoruba spirituality and celestial themes

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The Joyful Noise” is a frolicking bossa groove awash in the gentle sound of waves one can imagine lapping against the shores of Brazil’s Praia da Fazenda

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putting the groove in the expert hands of those versed in feeling and a type of musicianship that you can' t learn in any school

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for a short stay before returning to Brazil to continue his career

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and he also performed most of the instruments on its recording