Jazz and the Sounds of Nature explained

Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Yusef Lateef
Cover:	Jazz and the Sounds of Nature.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	October 9–10, 1957
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Savoy MG 12120
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Yusef Lateef
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Prayer to the East
Next Year:	1957

Jazz and the Sound of Nature is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

1. "Seulb" (Wilbur Harden) - 6:13
2. "Song of Delilah" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young) - 8:21
3. "Sounds of Nature" - 3:47
4. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:19
5. "8540 Twelfth Street" - 4:25
6. "Check Blues" - 6:40
7. "Gypsy Arab" (Harden) - 3:26

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute - track 2, tambourine, Indian reed whistle
• Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, tambourine
• Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina
• Ernie Farrow - bass, rebab
• Oliver Jackson - drums, gong

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/#savoy-mg-12120 Yusef Lateef discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-and-the-sounds-of-nature-mw0000896365 Allmusic Review