Jazz and the Sounds of Nature

{{Infobox album

| name = Jazz and the Sounds of Nature

| type = Studio

| artist = Yusef Lateef

| cover = Jazz and the Sounds of Nature.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = October 9–10, 1957

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Savoy
MG 12120

| producer = Ozzie Cadena

| chronology = Yusef Lateef

| prev_title = Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Prayer to the East

| next_year = 1957

}}

Jazz and the Sound of Nature is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/#savoy-mg-12120 Yusef Lateef discography] accessed July 18, 2012