Yusef Lateef – The Prestige & Impulse Collection – 4CD

Eight seminal Yusef Lateef albums recorded during his tenure at Impulse! And Prestige record labels, recorded in the 50s and 60s.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. Take The ‘A’ Train - 11:14   2. Playful Flute - 4:19   3. Love And Humour - 6:12   4. Buckingham - 5:10   5. Meditation - 4:41   6. All Alone - 5:06   7. Anastasia - 4:15   8. Minor Mood - 9:36   9. Taboo - 9:13   10. Lambert’s Point - 4:43   11. Mahaba - 3:45

CD2:
1. Sea Breeze - 3:12   2. Dopoious - 3:18   3. Cry! – Tender - 6:01   4. Butter’s Blues - 5:45   5. Yesterdays - 4:24   6. The Snow Is Green - 3:13   7. If You Could See Me Now - 4:49   8. Ecaps - 6:30   9. The Plum Blossom - 4:56   10. Blues For The Orient - 5:37   11. Ching Miau - 3:18   12. Don’t Blame Me - 4:56   13. Love Theme From ‘Spartacus’ - 4:12   14. Snafu - 5:38   15. Purple Flower - 4:30   16. Love Theme From ‘The Robe’ - 4:00   17. The Three Faces Of Balal - 2:18

CD3:
1. Rasheed - 5:26   2. When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) - 4:44   3. Water Pistol - 5:40   4. You’ve Changed - 4:54   5. I’ll Remember April - 6:51   6. Koko’s Tune - 6:30   7. P Bouk - 7:12   8. Abana - 2:24   9. India - 4:06   10. You, So Tender And Wistful - 2:34   11. Yusef’s French Brother - 4:13   12. The Volga Rhythm Song - 2:01   13. Trouble In Mind - 3:16   14. The Good Old Roast Beef Of England - 2:35   15. Raisins And Almonds - 3:09   16. Utopia - 2:51   17. Ringo Oiwake - 4:18

CD4:
1. Sister Mamie - 5:27   2. Number 7 - 9:39   3. Twelve Tone Blues - 4:51   4. See See Rider - 5:23   5. The Magnolia Triangle - 5:16   6. The Weaver - 5:41   7. Slippin’ & Slidin’ - 3:26   8. 1984 - 8:17   9. Try Love - 2:13   10. Soul Sister - 3:06   11. Love Waltz - 4:30   12. One Little Indian - 2:37   13. Listen To The Wind - 6:12   14. Warm Fire - 4:21   15. Gee! Sam Gee - 5:21   16. The Greatest Story Ever Told - 3:16