Yusef Lateef - Psychicemotus
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Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe – Yusef Lateef (A1 to B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Yusef Lateef]
Piano – Georges Arvanitas
Bass – Reggie Workman (A1 to B3)
Drums – James Black (A1 to B3)
Arranged by Yusef Lateef (B1)
Written by Yusef Lateef (A1-3, B2), Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (A4), Eric Satie (B1), Bud Green (B3), Harry Ruby (B3), Sam H. Stept (B3), Harry Brooks (B4), Andy Razaf (B4), Fats Waller (B4)
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Third Man Pressing, Detroit, MI
Label : Verve - Verve By Request Series
Original Label : Impulse
Recorded July 21–22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Original session produced by Bob Thiele
Reissue produced by Kevin Reeves
Mastered by Kevin Reeves at East Iris Studios
Cover design by Robert Flynn, Viceroy
Liner design by Joe Lebow
Liner notes by Ahmad Basheer
Photography by Charles Stewart
Originally released in January 1966
Reissued in July 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- Psychicemotus
- Bamboo Flute Blues
- Semiocto
- Why Do I Love You?
Side B:
- First Gymnopedie
- Medula Sonata
- I'll Always Be In Love With You
- Ain't Misbehavin'
Reviews :
“Psychicemotus was released in 1965 and features Yusef Lateef on various flutes and tenor saxophone, Georges Arvanitas on piano, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer James Black. And while the Coltrane era of modal and free jazz was in full swing, Lateef always followed his own muse, and continued looking forward while looking back to ancient musics. His use of bamboo and Chinese wood flutes on the title track and "Bamboo Flute Blues" added not only dimension and texture, but rhythmic invention to standard jazz forms. Yet his readings of Jerome Kern's and Oscar Hammerstein's "Why Do I Love You," on which he plays tenor, swings elegantly while incorporating both hard bop and angular outside playing in his solo. Arvanitas is a near perfect foil for Lateef in that while he's not as technically flashy as Barry Harris, he is a deeply sympathetic player who uses accents and ostinati as grounding points, and prefigures rhythmic changes rather than just comping. The beautiful reading of Erik Satie's "First Gymnopedie" on which Lateef plays flute is an utterly beautiful, restrained, and adventurous reading, and is allowed to resonate rhythmically with hand-percussion fills by Black. While not Lateef's finest recording for Impulse (Live at Pep's takes the cake), it certainly is a worthy and memorable one.” AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Rating:
AllMusic 3.5 / 5 , Discogs 4.48 / 5