Part of the Search
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{{Infobox album
| name = Part of the Search
| type = Studio
| artist = Yusef Lateef
| cover = Part of the Search.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded = September 1, 1971, April 4 & 5, 1973, May 16, 1973 and December 26, 1973
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:07
| label = Atlantic
SD 1650
| producer = Joel Dorn
| chronology = Yusef Lateef
| prev_title = Hush 'N' Thunder
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = 10 Years Hence
| next_year = 1974
}}
Part of the Search is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1973 (with one track from a 1971 recording session) and released on the Atlantic label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/#atlantic-sd-1650 Yusef Lateef discography] accessed July 23, 2012
Reception
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| rev1 = Allmusic
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow calling it, "one of his better efforts from the era".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/part-of-the-search-mw0000108288 Allmusic Review], accessed July 20, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated
- "K.C. Shuffle" (Kenny Barron) - 3:42
- "Oatsy Doatsy [Part 1]" - 0:32
- "Soul's Bakery" - 2:21
- "Lunceford Prance" - 3:03
- "Rockhouse" (Ray Charles) - 3:41
- "Oatsy Doatsy [Part 2]" - 0:14
- "In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris) - 3:21
- "Superfine" (Bob Cunningham) - 3:23
- "Strange Lullaby" - 4:13
- "Big Bass Drum" - 2:58
- "Gettin' Sentimental" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck) - 9:51
- Recorded in New York City on September 1, 1971 (track 11), April 4, 1973 (tracks 1, 3 & 4), April 5, 1973 (tracks 2, 8 & 9), May 16, 1973 (tracks 5 & 7), September 13, 1973 (track 8) and December 26, 1973 (track 12)
Personnel
- Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe, bells, tambourine
- Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens, Charles Sullivan - trumpet
- Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown, Warren Covington - trombone
- Jerry Dodgion, Charles McBurney, Rocky Morales Frank Wess - saxophones
- Willie Bridges - saxophone, flute
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Al Gafa - guitar
- Arnold Eidus, Emanuel Green - violin
- Selwart Clarke - cello
- Albert Heath - drums
- Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant - piano, electric piano
- Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones - bass
- Bill Salter - electric bass
- Ladji Camara - African percussion
References
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