Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford

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Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1996
RecordedLate 1994
StudioGuy Devito's Recording Studio, Shutesbury, MA
Genre Jazz
Length71:34
Label YAL Records (YAL 105)
Bomba Records
Producer Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef chronology
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(1996)
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(1996)
Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute
(1996)
Ricky Ford chronology
Tenor Madness Too!
(1992)
Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford
(1996)
Balaena
(1999)

Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford is an album by saxophonists Yusef Lateef and Ricky Ford which was recorded in 1994 and released on the YAL label. [1] [2]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Veteran tenors Yusef Lateef and Ricky Ford team up for this frequently explosive set. .. one's main focus is on the intense playing of the two great tenors, who battle it out in fiery fashion". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef

  1. "Brother Moody" – 6:44
  2. "Brother Turrentine" – 9:54
  3. "IBN YL" – 12:25
  4. "Brother Rollins" – 11:56
  5. "Brother Heath" – 7:54
  6. "Brother Shorter" – 7:14
  7. "Brother Henderson" – 15:14

Personnel

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References

  1. Lateef, Y. & Boyd, H. The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef, Motron Books, 2006 p:322
  2. Jazzlists: Ricky Ford discography, accessed September 27, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Yusef Lateef: Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 27, 2017.