Yusef Lateef's Detroit

Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	June 1969
Recorded	February 4-5, 1969 Century Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:02
Label	Atlantic SD 1525
Producer	Joel Dorn
Yusef Lateef chronology
The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)The Blue Yusef Lateef1968 Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969)The Diverse Yusef Lateef1969

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

1. "Bishop School" - 3:00
2. "Livingston Playground" - 3:37
3. "Eastern Market" - 4:15
4. "Belle Isle" - 3:12
5. "Russell and Elliot" - 4:47
6. "Raymond Winchester" - 2:35
7. "Woodward Avenue"- 2:11
8. "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)

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