Yusef Lateef's Detroit

Yusef Lateef's Detroit (subtitled Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°) is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1969 (with one track from The Complete Yusef Lateef recording sessions in 1967) and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Thom Jurek calling it "one of Lateef's most misunderstood recordings".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

"Bishop School" - 3:00
"Livingston Playground" - 3:37
"Eastern Market" - 4:15
"Belle Isle" - 3:12
"Russell and Elliot" - 4:47
"Raymond Winchester" - 2:35
"Woodward Avenue"- 2:11
"That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) - 7:25

Recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York City on February 4, 1969 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7) and February 5, 1969 (tracks 2, 3, & 6) and on June 1, 1957 in New York City (track 8)

Hip-hop artist MF DOOM sampled track 3 for his song Who You Think I Am off the album Operation: DOOMSDAY

Personnel

Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, vocals
Thad Jones (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Danny Moore (tracks 2, 3, & 6), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1-7), Snooky Young (tracks 1-7) - trumpet
Eric Gale - guitar (tracks 1-7)
Hugh Lawson - piano
Cecil McBee - bass
Chuck Rainey - electric bass (tracks 1-7)
Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-7) - drums, Roy Brooks (track 8),
Ray Barretto (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), Norman Pride (tracks 2, 3, & 6) - congas
Albert Heath - percussion (tracks 1-7)
Selwart Clarke, James Tryon - violin (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
Alfred Brown - viola (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
Kermit Moore - cello (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)

References

↑ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 20, 2012
1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed July 19, 2012

Yusef Lateef
Discography
As leader	Jazz for the Thinker (1957) Jazz Mood (1957) Before Dawn (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957) Prayer to the East (1957) The Sounds of Yusef (1957) Other Sounds (1957) Lateef at Cranbrook (1958) The Dreamer (1959) The Fabric of Jazz (1959) Cry! – Tender (1959) The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960) The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) Lost in Sound (1961) Eastern Sounds (1961) Into Something (1961) Jazz 'Round the World (1963) Live at Pep's (1964) 1984 (1965) Psychicemotus (1965) A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1966) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1971) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) Part of the Search (1973) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976) Autophysiopsychic (1977) In a Temple Garden (1979) In Nigeria (1983) Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
As co-leader	Stable Mates (1957)
As sideman	The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s) Byrd Jazz (1955) Drums of Passion (1959) Breezing (1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (1960) Color Changes (1960) 1st Bassman (1960) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960) My Kinda Swing (1960) Soulnik (1960) That's Right! (1960) Uhuru Afrika (1960) Grantstand (1961) Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (1960) The African Beat (1962) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962) Cannonball in Europe! (1962) Drum Suite (1962) Autumn Leaves (1963) Nippon Soul (1963) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (1964) Invitation to Openness (1971) Homeless Brother (1974) Double Time (1977) Something You Got (1977)

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