The Golden Flute

The Golden Flute
Studio album by
Yusef Lateef
ReleasedJanuary 1967
RecordedJune 15–16, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length39:40
LabelImpulse!
A-9125
ProducerBob Thiele
Yusef Lateef chronology
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(1966) 		The Golden Flute
(1967) 		The Complete Yusef Lateef
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The Golden Flute is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Lateef has long been a true original, and he revitalizes the standards while always swinging and being a bit unpredictable. Well worth searching for".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as noted.

  1. "Road Runner" - 4:47
  2. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) - 3:28
  3. "Oasis" - 4:26
  4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:06
  5. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:57
  6. "The Golden Flute" - 3:56
  7. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 3:54
  8. "Head Hunters" (Barry Harris, Hugh Lawson) - 4:35
  9. "The Smart Set" (Roy Brooks) - 7:31
  • Recorded on June 15, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8) and June 16, 1966 (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 6, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.