Yusef Lateef - 1999 - Live At Pep's Volume Two

Yusef Lateef 

1999

Live At Pep's Volume Two

01. Brother John 9:10

02. P-Bouk 4:30

03. Nu-Bouk 7:40

04. Yusef's Mood 6:40

05. I Remember Clifford

06. Listen To The Wind 4:44

07. I Loved 4:28

08. Delilah

09. The Magnolia Triangle - Alternative Version

Recorded At – Pep's Lounge

Bass – Ernie Farrow

Drums – James Black

Flute – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8)

Oboe – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 1)

Piano – Mike Nock

Shenai [Argol] – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 1, 9)

Tambourine – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 1)

Tenor Saxophone – Yusef Lateef (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)

Trumpet – Richard Williams (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)

Recorded live at Pep's Lounge in Philadelphia on June 29, 1964.

Recorded live at Pep's Lounge in Philadelphia on June 29, 1964, Yusel Lateef can be heard at his best. He combines his proclivity for musical eccentricity with a number of hard-swinging tunes. As usual, he plays not only tenor saxophone, but flute, oboe, and a very obscure instrument called an argol (a double clarinet that resembles a bassoon). He's backed by Richard Williams on trumpet, Mike Nock on piano, Ernie Farrow on bass, and James Black on drums, and this group really shines on bluesy versions of "Brother John" and "Nu-Bouk."

The ballads, "I Loved" and "I Remember Clifford," are lovely, subtle, and filled with brilliant climaxes and melodious tenderness. Other tracks, such as "The Magnolia Triangle" and "Listen to the Wind," push the boundaries of hard bop, as Lateef and crew experiment with moments of harsh dissonance bordering on atonality. An extremely creative and well-conceived set of music, Live at Pep's, Vol. 2 delves into the very heart of jazz, for it seeks to push the envelope of spontaneity and improvisation and stretch one's concept of structure and form.

Finally! Yusef Lateef's live set at Pep's in 1964 is the stuff of legend. Not only is it one of his best-ever recordings, but it also yielded a huge amount of material that was not issued at the time, and which only ever came out on later, badly-annotated issues. Now, the proper "part 2" set is finally issued – with all the lost cuts fully intact, and a great set of notes to explain everything. The set features one of Lateef's best cuts ever – "Brother John" – plus other great ones like "P-Bouk", "Nu-Bounk", and "Delilah". Throw away your beat up copy of Club Date, and check out this great new CD! © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.