''Part of the Search'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America.
Although Lateef's main instruments ...
recorded in 1973 (with one track from a 1971 recording session) and released on the
Atlantic
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label.
Yusef Lateef discography
accessed July 23, 2012
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow
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Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
calling it, "one of his better efforts from the era".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed July 20, 2012
Track listing
''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated''
# "K.C. Shuffle" (Kenny Barron) - 3:42
# "Oatsy Doatsy art 1
Art is a diverse range of human behavior, human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imagination, imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no genera ...
- 0:32
# "Soul's Bakery" - 2:21
# "Lunceford Prance" - 3:03
# "Rockhouse" (Ray Charles
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) - 3:41
# "Oatsy Doatsy art 2
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
- 0:14
# " In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris) - 3:21
# "Superfine" (Bob Cunningham) - 3:23
# "Strange Lullaby" - 4:13
# "Big Bass Drum" - 2:58
# "Gettin' Sentimental" (Gus Kahn
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, Matty Malneck
Matthew Michael "Matty" Malneck (December 9, 1903 – February 25, 1981) was an American jazz violinist, songwriter, and arranger.
Career
Born in 1903, Malneck's career as a violinist began when he was age 16. He was a member of the Paul White ...
) - 9:51
*Recorded in New York City on September 1, 1971 (track 11), April 4, 1973 (tracks 1, 3 & 4), April 5, 1973 (tracks 2, 8 & 9), May 16, 1973 (tracks 5 & 7), September 13, 1973 (track 8) and December 26, 1973 (track 12)
Personnel
*Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America.
Although Lateef's main instruments ...
- alto saxophone
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, tenor saxophone
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, flute
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, bamboo flute
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, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe
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A ...
, bells, tambourine
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* Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens, Charles Sullivan - trumpet
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*Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre (November 17, 1931 – August 26, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist, best known for his work as a session musician.
Andre's father was a saxophonist, and he took private music lessons from age 15. He played with Charlie Spivak in ...
, Garnett Brown
Garnett Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was a jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arkans ...
, Warren Covington
Warren Covington (August 7, 1921 – August 24, 1999) was an American big band trombonist. He was active as a session musician, arranger, and bandleader throughout his career.
Biography
Covington, who was born in Philadelphia, played early on ...
- trombone
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*Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion (born August 29, 1932) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands w ...
, Charles McBurney, Rocky Morales Frank Wess
Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the 1960s. Critic ...
- saxophones
*Willie Bridges - saxophone, flute
*Charlie Fowlkes
Charles Baker Fowlkes (February 16, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was an American baritone saxophonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra for over twenty-five years.
Early life
Fowlkes was born in New York City on February 16, 1916. He stu ...
- baritone saxophone
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*Al Gafa
Alexander "Al" Gafa (born April 9, 1941, New York City) is an American jazz guitarist.
Career
Gafa worked extensively as a session musician for recordings in the mid and late 1960s in New York. In jazz he worked in that decade with Kai Winding, ...
- guitar
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*Arnold Eidus, Emanuel Green - violin
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*Selwart Clarke - cello
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*Albert Heath
Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, he first recorded in 1957 with J ...
- drums
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*Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Biography
Born in Philadel ...
, Ray Bryant
Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Early life
Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had tau ...
- piano
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, electric piano
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* Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones - bass
*Bill Salter - electric bass
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The ...
*Ladji Camara - African percussion
References
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Yusef Lateef albums
1974 albums
Albums produced by Joel Dorn
Atlantic Records albums