The Golden Flute
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 awarded the album 4½ stars stating "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]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated
- "Road Runner" - 4:47
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) - 3:28
- "Oasis" - 4:26
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:06
- "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:57
- "The Golden Flute" - 3:56
- "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 3:54
- "Head Hunters" (Barry Harris, Hugh Lawson) - 4:35
- "The Smart Set" (Roy Brooks) - 7:31
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 15, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8) and June 16, 1966 (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9)
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