mjzee Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 This might be a fun challenge. Let's say you ran a record label, and let's say you could get the rights from all the different labels of all of Yusef Lateef's output from, say, 1957 - 1962, and let's say you wanted to put out a one-CD set of the best of Yusef during those years...which tracks would you choose for this compilation disc and how would you sequence it? Remember, you're limited to, let's say, 78 minutes (the length of a CD). What would your compilation disc look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I know for sure I'd start with the 1957 Savoy recording of "Morning" as track 1, and then take it from there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YoapuIvv_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) I can't play. I love Lateef. I love those albums as ALBUMS. I don't like compilations much at all. Nice idea though! Edited September 13, 2016 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Another starting point option .... : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) I would love a full-blast Mosaic set of these years, pulling together the Savoys, Riversides, the Verve, and the Impulses. That's a lot of music (and probably unlikely licensing, especially in the case of the Riversides), but a fella can dream, cain't he? Oh, and the booklet/notes written by Mark Stryker. Edited September 14, 2020 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 If I had my druthers, I’d compile a 79 minute “Best of Yusef Lateef on tenor” compilation CD. And before anyone complains, it’s just a compilation - and does nothing to limit access to the rest of his catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 I’d definitely put “P Bouk” from CANNONBALL IN EUROPE on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 I would include one of my favorite of his tenor performances: "Lover Man" from Prayer to the East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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