Atlantis Lullaby - The concert from Avignon

Description

An unreleased live recording of Yusef Lateef's quartet captured in Avignon in 1972!This box set presents an unreleased performance recorded in France, in Avignon, by Yusef Lateef in a quartet with his colleagues Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham and Albert "Tootie" Heath. Among the highlights, a fantastic flute/piano duo between Lateef and Barron on the pianist's beautiful ballad "A Flower", as well as extended readings of the classic "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (which Lateef recorded only once in 1971), Lateef's blues "Yusef's Mood" and Barron's "The Untitled". This project, produced by the renowned Zev Feldman, is released with the full cooperation of the Yusef Lateef estate and the other artists involved. The audio was transferred and remastered from the original concert tapes, under license from the INA archives.Includes exclusive testimonials from AYESHA LATEEF, KENNY BARRON, ALBERT "TOOTIE" HEATH, ADAM RUDOLPH, REGGIE WORKMAN, JOE LOVANO, TIA FULLER, BENNIE MAUPIN, JAMES CARTER & SONNY ROLLINS.