The Golden Flute

The Golden Flute
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	January 1967
Recorded	June 15–16, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:40
Label	Impulse! A-9125
Producer	Bob Thiele
Yusef Lateef chronology
A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1967) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967)

The Golden Flute is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. ^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Lateef has long been a true original, and he revitalizes the standards while always swinging and being a bit unpredictable. Well worth searching for". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as noted.

1. "Road Runner" - 4:47
2. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) - 3:28
3. "Oasis" - 4:26
4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:06
5. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:57
6. "The Golden Flute" - 3:56
7. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 3:54
8. "Head Hunters" (Barry Harris, Hugh Lawson) - 4:35
9. "The Smart Set" (Roy Brooks) - 7:31

• Recorded on June 15, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8), and June 16, 1966 (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 9)

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
• Hugh Lawson – piano
• Herman Wright – bass
• Roy Brooks Jr. – drums

References

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed April 6, 2011
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 867. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.