Last Savoy Sessions

Last Savoy Sessions

ASIN: B00004R8S3

Editorial Reviews
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Multi-instrumentalist and educator Yusef Lateef has a total command of African American, African, and Middle Eastern musical traditions. These sessions, recorded in 1957 and 1959 for Savoy, feature several Detroit-area musicians, including Bernard McKinney/Kiane Zawadi on euphonium and Wilbur Harden on flügelhorn. The dates capture Lateef's early efforts in creating jazz-related world music. Of course, the Detroit-born Lateef's roots are in the jazz tradition, his tenor sax blending with Lester Young's lyricism and Ben Webster's big tone, pointing toward John Coltrane on the midtempo tune "The Dreamer," the boppish "8540 12th Street," and the jazz-meets-North-Africa chestnut, "A Night in Tunisia," which Lateef had played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the '40s. Foreshadowing the eclecticism of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lateef's oboe performance on the charming "Oboe Blues" and his florid flute work on the Afro-Moorish "Prayer to the East" and "Gypsy Arab" would be equally welcome in Egypt's lower Nile Valley and New York's Lower East Side. Simply put, the music of Yusef Lateef is local, international, and timeless. It's been that way at least since these late-'50s sessions. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Last Stitt Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2
Average customer rating:

A Jazz Master Goes Out In Style

very solid final effort

The last from a legend

Last Stitt Sessions, Vols. 1 & 2
Sonny Stitt
Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

A Jazz Master Goes Out In Style.......2007-05-07

If anyone needed a reminder of the integrity of Stitt's playing, these sessions provide more than an adequate example. Stitt knew his niche and explored it to it's fullest capacity. He's completely on top of his game on these sessions and gives no hint of the illness he was dealing with at the time. Remarkable music from a remarkable musician. - Alan Chase, Dover NH.

very solid final effort.......2006-10-05

These final recordings of Sonny Stitt are beautifully played and recorded. Accompanied by bass, drums, and piano on the first part with the addition of trumpet on some of volume two. A wonderful CD. If you enjoy this disc, I would also strongly recommend Stan Getz "The Lost Sessions" which were also recorded toward the end of his long career and contains some fantastic music.

The last from a legend.......2005-04-09

If you are a serious jazz head...this CD should be part of your colledtion. It was recorded about a month before Sonny Stitt's death in 1982 and he was playing at the top of his game. Stitt was a competotor who loved to jam...and he had done battle with the best...Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster and the like from his years with "Jazz At The Philharmonic". Simply put, "this cat could play". He is backed on this album by either Junior Mance or Walter Davis on piano, George DuVivier on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums.

Average customer rating:

take some oboe lessons!
Superbest, super-best!
Mind-bending!!!!
Very nice recordings

Last Savoy Sessions
Yusef Lateef
Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

Oboe Blues
Angel Eyes
The Dreamer
Arjuna
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Moon Tree
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Valse Bouk
Half Breed
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8540 Twelfth Street
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Prayer To The East
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Multi-instrumentalist and educator Yusef Lateef has a total command of African American, African, and Middle Eastern musical traditions. These sessions, recorded in 1957 and 1959 for Savoy, feature several Detroit-area musicians, including Bernard McKinney/Kiane Zawadi on euphonium and Wilbur Harden on flügelhorn. The dates capture Lateef's early efforts in creating jazz-related world music. Of course, the Detroit-born Lateef's roots are in the jazz tradition, his tenor sax blending with Lester Young's lyricism and Ben Webster's big tone, pointing toward John Coltrane on the midtempo tune "The Dreamer," the boppish "8540 12th Street," and the jazz-meets-North-Africa chestnut, "A Night in Tunisia," which Lateef had played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the '40s. Foreshadowing the eclecticism of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lateef's oboe performance on the charming "Oboe Blues" and his florid flute work on the Afro-Moorish "Prayer to the East" and "Gypsy Arab" would be equally welcome in Egypt's lower Nile Valley and New York's Lower East Side. Simply put, the music of Yusef Lateef is local, international, and timeless. It's been that way at least since these late-'50s sessions. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

take some oboe lessons!.......2002-10-03

I have only head the piece "Oboe Blues" so far, but right now I want to go ram a sharp stick in my ear. While techinically proficient on the oboe, he has no concept of a good tone. His tone is comparable to a 6th grader playing on a plastic instrument with a plastic reed. It would probably be a wonderful piece if it was being played by someone who really knew how to play the oboe.

Superbest, super-best!.......2001-09-22

I'd give these two records all the stars in heaven. This is no jive, no show business. First of all, there is Yusef's sound on tenor. Dark, raspy, passionate, reminding that of Harold Land, to whom he has apparently been listening. (Land briefly came into prominence in 1955 with Clifford Brown-Max Roach.) This sound stuck with me since the late 1950's, but surprisingly the only Lateef record of his I ever bought before was A Flat, B Flat and E in which he explores the blues from different stylistic and instrumental viewpoints. Little did I realize how profound a musician this man is and how great an improvisator. Stylistically his foundation is bebop and I find him strongly related to Sonny Stitt (which is no mean compliment), but Yusef's music has a strong spiritual qualitity, whereas Stitt was a brilliant showman. The word "haunting" perhaps best describes his music, whether he plays tenor sax, flute or oboe. It has immense originality, even when based on traditional material such as the blues or Rhythm changes. Valse Bouk is a fast blues waltz with a riff-like theme consisting of four notes - major 6th, tonic, minor 3rd and major 3rd. The blowing is tremendous! And his ballad playing (e.g. on Can't Help Loving that Man of Mine) is deeply moving.

All the sidemen are excellent, but there are two which I would like to particularly mention. There is Bernard McKinney on euphonium (a tenor instrument of the tuba family and whose sound strongly resembles a trombone's but is less brassy). He plays very beautiful lines and his mellow sound makes you wonder why no one else plays this marvellous instrument. The other is Wilbur Harden on flugelhorn (and on balloon!), a very fluent, full-toned player who unfortunately left us too soon.

Enough words. Buy this one.

Mind-bending!!!!.......2001-09-06

This CD was my first Yusef Lateef purchase, and it is an exciting and adventurous addition to any jazz collection (although Lateef has repeatedly asserted that he doesn't play jazz). Lateef's lyrical tone, whether he's playing the sax or the flute, is one of a kind. In particular, I enjoy the flute pieces, notably "Angel Eyes" and "Poor Butterfly." If you are looking for something a little different, I highly recommend this CD. Peace

Very nice recordings.......2000-06-27

There are a few jazz musicians who showed that jazz music is not restricted to using standard instruments. Besides the saxophone and the flute, Yusef Lateef used an oboe and, later, arabic and africanic instruments. On this compilation, which features music recorded in the late 1950s, Yusef Lateef predominantly plays flute and tenor saxophone. The overall level of experimentation with different sounds is somewhat low. This is not intended to be any sort of criticism, though. Those who are interested in listening to all the non-standard instruments should listen to the magnificent live recordings at the "Pep's". Here, Yusef Lateef shows what a great standard musician he was (and still is). The sets comprise a few standards and many original compositions, and both his play on saxophone and on flute are very powerful and passionate. The styles range from blues to bop, and every fan of jazz done at that time will like listening to these sets very much.

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