Live At Ronnie Scott’s – Lateef, Yusef – LP – Brand New Vinyl (Arrives in 20days)

This is a previously unreleased live club performance from Yusef Lateef, the brilliant multiinstrumentalist
whose mixing of jazz and Eastern music was a great influence on some of the
finest musicians of the era including John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders.

Accompanied at Ronnie Scott’s by the house band of pianist Stan Tracey, double bassist
Rick Laird and drummer Bill Eyden, most of the repertoire played comes from Lateef’s
earlier recordings for Savoy and Prestige such as Jazz Moods and Eastern Sounds. Lateef
plays flute on The Dreamer and Last Night Blues (it was the last night of the run). He plays
the shenai – a kind of oboe – on Blues for The Orient, the xun – a Chinese flute – on Song of
Delilah, and tenor saxophone on Yusef’s Mood.

The evening’s performance was recorded by Les Tomkins at the request of Ronnie Scott.
The musicians were unaware they were being recorded as Scott believed they would be at
their best and most unselfconscious this way. This record was mastered at Gearbox Records
directly from the original 1/4” tapes.

Cut on Haeco Scully lathe with Westrex RA1700 series amps, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head
and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Maselec master control and equalisation.