Jazz 'Round the World explained

Jazz 'Round the World
Type:	Album
Artist:	Yusef Lateef
Cover:	Jazz 'Round the World.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	December 19–20, 1963
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:04
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Yusef Lateef
Prev Title:	Into Something
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Live at Pep's
Next Year:	1964

Jazz 'Round the World is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny stated: "Yusef Lateef's first Impulse! date Jazz 'Round the World anticipates the emerging vogue for global music with a series of impassioned interpretations of traditional ethnic folk songs... Lateef proves that while music may indeed reign as the universal language, some speakers are far more fluent and eloquent than others".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except where noted.

1. "Abana" - 2:20
2. "India" - 4:09
3. "You, So Tender and Wistful" - 2:29
4. "Yusef's French Brother" - 4:10
5. "The Volga Rhythm Song" - 2:03
6. "Trouble In Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 3:12
7. "The Good Old Roast Beef of England" - 2:31
8. "Raisins And Almonds" - 3:05
9. "Utopia" - 2:47
10. "Ringo Oiwake" (Fujio Ozawa, Masao Yoneyama) - 4:18

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 19 & 20, 1963

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon, oboe, shenai^[3]
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Hugh Lawson – piano
• Ernie Farrow – bass
• Lex Humphries – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-56 Impulse! Records discography
2. Ankeny, J. Allmusic Review accessed March 18, 2011
3. Web site: Yusef Lateef - Jazz 'Round the World . www.discogs.com . May 10, 2018.