The Doctor Is In... and Out explained

The Doctor is In... and Out
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Yusef Lateef
Cover:	The Doctor is in and Out.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	March 1976
Studio:	Regent Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz-funk
Length:	43:24
Label:	Atlantic SD 1685
Producer:	Joel Dorn
Chronology:	Yusef Lateef
Prev Title:	10 Years Hence
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Autophysiopsychic
Next Year:	1977

The Doctor is In... and Out is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with the review by Thom Jurek calling it "a weird and wonderful record".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

1. "The Improvisers" - 7:55
2. "Hellbound" (Kenny Barron) - 6:38
3. "Mystique" (Barron) - 7:42
4. "Mississippi Mud" - 2:53
5. "Mushmouth" (Barron) - 6:28
6. "Technological Homosapien" - 5:19
7. "Street Musicians" - 2:57
8. "In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)" (Sam M. Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young) - 3:26

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, oboe, flute, bamboo flute
• Kenny Barron - keyboards
• Leonard Goines, Joe Wilder - trumpet
• Jack Jeffers - trombone
• Jim Buffington - French horn
• Jonathan Dorn - tuba
• Dana McCurdy - ARP 2500
• Billy Butler - guitar
• Bob Cunningham, Ron Carter, Anthony Jackson - bass
• Al Foster - drums
• Dom Um Romao - percussion
• Judy Clay, Cissy Houston - backing vocals
• Bob Cunningham - narration (track 6)
• David Nadien - violin (track 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/#atlantic-sd-1685 Yusef Lateef discography
2. Jurek, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 20, 2012