Only the Best of Yusef Lateef, Vol. 1

Original Release Date:  April 28, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. Juba Juba
• 2. Like It Is
• 3. Othelia
• 4. Moon Cup
• 5. Back Home
• 6. Get Over, Get Off and Get On
• 7. Six Miles Next Door
• 8. Sun Dog
• 9. Rosalie
• 10. In the Evening
• 11. Kongsberg
• 12. Stay with Me
• 13. See Line Woman
• 14. Brother
• 15. You're Somewhere Thinking of Me
• 16. First Movement [Chaconne]
• 17. Second Movement [Allemande]
• 18. Third Movement [Moresca]
• 19. Fourth Movement [Mode]
• 20. Fifth Movement [Baguala]
• 21. Sixth Movement [Allegro]
• 22. Seventh Movement [Fantasia]
• 23. Eight Movement [Scherzo]
• 24. Ninth Movement [Rondeau]
• 25. Tenth Movement [Passacaglia]
• 26. Eleventh Movement [Interlude]
• 27. Bishop School
• 28. Livingston Playground
• 29. Eastern Market
• 30. Belle Isle
• 31. Russell and Eliot
• 32. Raymond Winchester
• 33. Woodward Avenue
• 34. That Lucky Old Sun
• 35. The Improvisers
• 36. Hellbound
• 37. Mystique
• 38. Mississippi Mud
• 39. Mushmouth
• 40. Technological Homosapien
• 41. Street Musicians
• 42. In a Little Spanish Town (Twas on a Night Like This)
• 43. 5th Encounter
• 44. 1st Encounter
• 45. 6th Encounter
• 46. 4th Encounter
• 47. 12th Encounter
• 48. 11th Encounter
• 49. 8th Encounter
• 50. 2nd Encounter
• 51. 7th Encounter
• 52. 9th Encounter
• 53. 3rd Encounter
• 54. 15th Encounter
• 55. Come Sunday
• 56. The Hump
• 57. Opus, Pt. 1/Opus, Pt. 2
• 58. This Old Building
• 59. Prayer
• 60. Sunset
• 61. His Eye Is on the Sparrow
• 62. Destination Paradise

Credits

• Leroy Carr: Composer
• Ray Barretto: Conga
• Roy Brooks: Drums
• Ray Bryant: Piano
• Thad Jones: Trumpet
• Cecil McBee: Bass
• Blue Mitchell: Trumpet
• Jimmy Owens: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Sonny Red: Sax (Alto)
• Hugh Lawson: Piano, Composer
• Danny Moore: Trumpet
• Chuck Rainey: Bass (Electric)
• Tony Vacca: Percussion, Gong, Talking Drum, Moroccan Drum, Paiste Cymbals
• The Sweet Inspirations: Vocals (Background)
• David Nadien: Violin
• Adam Rudolph: Orchestration, Processing
• Yusef Lateef: Flute, Piano, Scratching, Arranger, Composer, Flute (Alto), Keyboards, Oboe, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Vocals, Tamboura, Producer, Liner Notes, String Arrangements, Bamboo Flute, Drawing, Finger Flute, Shannie
• Kenny Barron: Piano, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
• Norman Blain: Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
• Kenny Burrell: Guitar
• Cissy Houston: Vocals (Background)
• Selwart Clarke: String Quartet
• Judy Clay: Vocals (Background)
• George Cooke: Bass (Electric), Fretless Bass
• Bob Cunningham: Bass
• Robert Daley: Guitar
• Bob Daspit: Engineer
• Cornell Dupree: Guitar
• Joel Dorn: Producer
• Jonathan Dorn: Tuba
• Jimmy Douglass: Remix Engineer
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Mort Fega: Liner Notes
• Al Foster: Drums
• Eric Gale: Guitar (Electric)
• Haven Gillespie: Composer
• Emanuel Green: String Quartet
• Ray Hall: Engineer
• Albert "Tootie" Heath: Percussion, Drums
• Jack Jeffers: Trombone
• Bob Liftin: Engineer, Remix Engineer
• Keith Loving: Guitar
• Buddy Lucas: Harmonica
• Kermit Moore: Cello, String Quartet
• Jerome Moross: Composer
• Toby Mountain: Editing
• Christopher Newland: Guitar
• John Nuhn: Bass (Acoustic)
• Gene Orloff: String Quartet
• Gene Paul: Engineer
• Norman Pride: Conga
• Dom Um Romão: Percussion
• Mulazimuddin S. Rasool: Percussion, Bongos, Chimes, Conga, Maracas, Marimba, Tambourine
• Don Raye: Composer
• Bill Salter: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Sylvia Shemwell: Tambourine
• David Spinozza: Guitar
• Bruce Tergesen: Engineer
• Al White: Organ
• Billy Butler: Guitar
• Dennis King: Remastering
• Dana McCurdy: Arp 2600
• Robert Cunningham: Bass, Narrator
• Gordine Edwards: Bass
• Bob Defrin: Art Direction
• Ira Friedlander: Design
• Stanislaw Zagorski: Cover Illustration
• Jim Cummins: Photography
• Marvin Israel: Cover Design
• Elizabeth Barrett: Art Direction
• Lee Friedlander: Cover Photo
• Joel Brodsky: Cover Photo
• Chinyere Nnenna Freelon: Vocals, Liner Notes
• Joe Young: Composer
• Carolyn Leigh: Composer
• George Bass: Composer
• Mabel Wayne: Composer
• The Graffiteria: Cover Design
• Sonny Buxton: Liner Notes
• Myron Dorf: Cover Photo
• Leonard Goines: Trumpet
• The J.C. White Singers: Vocals
• Saeeda Lateef: Liner Notes
• Beasley Smith: Composer
• Steven Schaeffer: Engineer
• William Fischer: Conductor
• Roy Brooks Jr.: Drums
• Joseph Wilder: Trumpet
• Sam Lewis: Composer
• Jimmy Buffington: French Horn
• Snookie Young: Trumpet
• Mark Irose: Guitar
• Gian-Franco Ricci: Piano, Keyboards
• Monroe "Bones" Constantino: Vocals