A Few Months Ago ...
I posted a clip featuring saxophonist and flute player Yusef Lateef with pianist Ahmad Jamal. This was from a live gig in 2011, wenn Lateef was over 90 years of age.
Here, he is at a sprightly 69, with a strange disc which may not be to everyone's taste. This in essence is a meditation for piano and wind instruments, with Lateef on flutes and sax and also taking the piano part. Chris Salvo, Hugh Schick and Patrick Tucker on clarinet, flugelhorn and french horn respectively, join him in this exploration of dark and solitary atmospheres. There are echoes of Paul Bley and excursions into Misha Alperin territory, helping to create a haunting sense of timelessness.
The album's title, Nocturnes (Atlantic 81977-2), seems just right for this moody work.
Yusef Lateef: flute, alto flute, tenor sax, piano Christopher Salvo: clarinet Hugh Schick: flugelhorn Patrick Tucker: french horn
TRACKS:
01. Warm Intensity 02. Estuary 03. Indefinite Expansion 04. Closed Space 05. Compassion Duration 06. Visible Particles 07. While On Earth 08. Elementary Substance 09. Soft Light 10. Life Property 11. Luminous Energy 12. Essential Element