Yusef Lateef's Detroit
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{{Infobox album
| name = Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°
| type = Studio
| artist = Yusef Lateef
| cover = Yusef Lateef's Detroit.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1969
| recorded = February 4–5, 1969
| venue =
| studio = Century Sound Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 31:02
| label = Atlantic
SD 1525
| producer = Joel Dorn
| chronology = Yusef Lateef
| prev_title = The Blue Yusef Lateef
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = The Diverse Yusef Lateef
| next_year = 1969
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/#atlantic-sd-1525 Yusef Lateef discography] accessed July 20, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=868}}
}}
Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek described it as "one of Lateef's most misunderstood recordings".Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/yusef-lateefs-detroit-latitude-42%C2%BA-30-longitude-83%C2%BA-mw0000661561 Allmusic Review], accessed July 19, 2012
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, 1967 in New York City (track 8)
Record Store Day re-release
The album was re-released in the UK for Record Store Day on 22 April 2023 as a limited edition of 2,000 copies. It was selected by Giles Peterson from the Warner archive for re-release on his Arc Records label, it was re-mastered in mono from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. This is the only re-issue the album has had on vinyl since its original release in 1969.{{Cite web |title=Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° |url=https://recordstoreday.co.uk/rsd-list/yusef-lateef/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Record Store Day |language=en}}
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)