The Centaur and the Phoenix

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The Centaur and the Phoenix
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Studio album by
Yusef Lateef
Released1960
RecordedOctober 4 and 6, 1960 (#1-7)
June 23, 1961 (#8-9)
Studio
  • Plaza Sound (New York City) (#1-7)
  • Bell Sound (New York City) (#8-9)
Genre Hard bop, modal jazz
Length42:24
Label Riverside
RLP 337
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Yusef Lateef chronology
The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
(1959)		The Centaur and the Phoenix
(1960)		 Lost in Sound
(1961)

The Centaur and the Phoenix is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock stated the performance "takes the risks and the innovations that Lateef was known for, and expands them in a number of different directions all at once, leading to an album that bursts with new ideas and textures, while remaining accessible, and above all, beautiful. Lateef seems eager here to take the next step musically by breaking the mold of his previous albums". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

  1. "Revelation" (Kenny Barron) - 6:02
  2. "Apathy" - 5:25
  3. "Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 6:59
  4. "The Centaur and the Phoenix" (Charles Mills) - 5:37
  5. "Iqbal" - 4:51
  6. "Summer Song" (Mills) - 5:26
  7. "The Philanthropist" - 4:02

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Jungle Fantasy" (Esy Morales) - 2:42
  3. "Titora" (Billy Taylor) - 2:25

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 17, 2012
  2. 1 2 Proefrock, Stacia. The Centaur and the Phoenix review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 16, 2017
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