The Diverse Yusef Lateef
The Diverse Yusef Lateef is a jazz album by saxophonist Yusef Lateef released in 1970. In it are mixed influences from rhythm and blues and soul music and world music.
Track listing
All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated.- "Live Humble" – 6:48
- "A Long Time Ago" – 6:37
- "Eboness" – 4:44
- "Chandra" – 9:37
Personnel
- Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, track 1 - flute, 2–4 - bamboo flute, Chinese globular flute, Chinese Buddhist flute, kulintang, -track 2 Chinese cymbals, tambura, string arrangement
- Richard Tee – piano - track 1
- Chuck Rainey – Fender bass
- Cecil McBee – acoustic bass
- Ray Baretto – congas - track 1
- Bernard Purdie – drums, timbales
- Hugh Lawson – piano, 3 and 4 Indian bells - track 2
- Roy Brooks – drums, shofar, Chinese gong, large conga drum
- Selwart Clarke, Jesse Tryon, Alfred Brown, Kermit Moore – string quartet - track 4
- The Sweet Inspirations – vocal backgrounds - tracks 1 and 2
- Joel Dorn – producer