Year : 1969
Label : Atlantic
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul
Label : Atlantic
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul
Legendary member of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet between 1962 to 1964, Yusef Lateef was one of the american jazz greats, multi-instrumentalist who played as well all saxophones as various types of flute, orchestral instruments (oboe, bassoon) and clarinet. "Detroit" is the first Lateef's jazz incursion in the Soul music genre to the funk accents (Bishop School, Eastern Market). Lateef has recruited musicians accustomed to the style including rhythm section featuring Eric Gale, Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie, Hugh Lawson, Chuck Rainey & Cecil McBee, all supported by brass & strings section featuring trumpeters Thad Jones & Jimmy Owens. From Hard Bop to the Soul Jazz style, titles include only compositions by Yusef Lateef except "That Lucky Old Sun" composed and written by Beasley Smith & Haven Gillepsie.
Yusef Lateef _flute & tenor saxophone
Hugh Lawson_piano
Cecil McBee_bass
Chuck Rainey_electric bass
Eric Gale_guitar
Bernard Purdie_drums
Albert "Tootie" Heath_percussion
Norman Pride & Ray Barreto_congas
01. Bishop School
02. Livingston Playground
03. Eastern Market
04. Belle Isle
05. Russel & Eliot
06. Raymond Winchester
07. Woodward Avenue
08. That Lucky Old Sun
