LATEEF,YUSEF - Live At Ronnie Scott's (Sealed) (CD)

A previously unreleased recording of a live performance by Yusuf Lateef, the brilliant multi-instrumentalist whose mix of jazz and Far Eastern music was an important influence for some of the best musicians of his time, including John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders. He is accompanied in Ronnie Scott's by the house band, consisting of the pianist Stan Tracey, bassist Rick Laird and drummer Bill Eyden. Most of the tracks come from Lateef's earlier recordings for Savoy and Prestige, as well as Jazz Moods and Eastern Sounds. Lateef plays the flute in The Dreamer and Last Night Blues. In Blues from The Orient he plays the Shenai (a kind of oboe), the Xun (a Chinese flute) in Song of Delilah and the tenor saxophone on Yusef's Mood. The performance was recorded by Les Tomkins at the request of Ronnie Scott. The musicians didn't know about the recording, because Scott thought it would be the safest way to play. The record was mastered by Gearbox Records directly from the 1/4 "tape. Cut on a Haeco Scully with Westrex RA1700 series amplifiers, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Maselec master control and EQ. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator