The Diverse Yusef Lateef

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The Diverse Yusef Lateef is a jazz album by saxophonist Yusef Lateef released in 1970. In it are mixed influences from rhythm and blues and soul music (particularly on "Live Humble") and world music (notably on "A Long Time Ago" or "Chandra").

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated.

1. "Live Humble" – 6:48
2. "A Long Time Ago" – 6:37
3. "Eboness" (Roy Brooks) – 4:44
4. "Chandra" – 9:37

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef –
  tambura, string arrangement
• Richard Tee – piano - track 1
• Fender bass
• Cecil McBee – acoustic bass
• congas
  - track 1
• Bernard Purdie – drums, timbales
• Indian bells
  - track 2
• conga
  drum
• Selwart Clarke, Jesse Tryon, Alfred Brown, Kermit Moore – string quartet - track 4
• The Sweet Inspirations – vocal backgrounds - tracks 1 and 2
• Joel Dorn – producer

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