A gifted saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist and a leading innovator on the jazz scene from the late 1950s onwards, Yusef Lateef released his first album on the Savoy label in 1957. Featuring Curtis Fuller (trombone), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass) and drummer Louis Hayes, Jazz Mood inventively blends hard-bop, blues incursions and oriental sounds. Audiophile reissue in the Original Jazz Classic collection.