Psychicemotus

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Psychicemotus
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Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedJuly 21–22, 1965
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length39:41
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
Yusef Lateef chronology
1984
(1965)
Psychicemotus
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A Flat, G Flat and C
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Psychicemotus is a 1965 album by Yusef Lateef. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Psychicemotus" (Yusef Lateef) – 5:05
  2. "Bamboo Flute Blues" (Lateef) – 4:02
  3. "Semiocto" (Lateef) – 4:31
  4. "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 6:32
  5. "First Gymnopédie" (Erik Satie) – 3:29
  6. "Medula Sonata" (Lateef) – 6:35
  7. "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Harry Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 4:42
  8. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:45

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Psychicemotus at AllMusic