Lateef, Yusef – Alight Upon The Lake

Description

Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase is a previously unissued recording of woodwind multi-instrumentalist icon Yusef Lateef featuring pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Bob Cunningham and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath captured live at Joe Segal’s Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL in June of 1975. The limited-edition 180g, 3-LP set was mastered from the original tapes by engineer Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab in Salina, KS, and pressed at Quebec’s boutique audiophile pressing plant Le Vinylist. The deluxe package includes newly curated liner notes by Lateef biographer Herb Boyd, plus interviews with woodwind master and Lateef mentee, Bennie Maupin, Joe Segal’s son Wayne Segal and more.

Tracklist:

1. The Untitled
2. Mutually Exclusive
3. Eboness
4. Inside Atlantis
5. I Remember Webster
6. Dunia
7. Opus 1 ; 2
8. Golden Goddess
9. Straighten Up ; Fly Right
10. Yusef’s Mood

UPC: 780518324569
Label: Resonance Records
Release Date: 4.18.26
Format: Vinyl