Jazz for aficionados

When I saw all these re-issued CD's by Leon Thomas, I thought I had struck a gold mine. I remembered that he had sung with Count Basie, but I thought he had left that behind for his "Avante Garde" mode, as Acman referred to it; that's all I wanted to hear. If I want to hear Joe Williams, I'll buy Joe williams. I think it would have been better if he had separated his different modes, conventional and yodeling, then both camps could be satisfied. I've got albums by Yusef Lateef and John Handy where they do the same thing; mix popular and unconventional music that I bought the album for. I recorded the unconventional, and forgot about the conventional, but that's half of the album wasted; which is what I'll do with Leon's albums.

Speaking of Yusef Lateef I'll replace his scratchy records. He played some way out instruments like: bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto, and is known for the blending of jazz with Eastern music. I don't think I have "The Blue Yusef" let's give it a listen. This cut is titled "Back Home", it's really kicking.
           

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrOVvqIEBA



Does anyone have an album by Yusef where he uses all or most of those unusual instruments?
I would certainly like to give that one a listen.




Enjoy the music.

O-10, I do have "Jewels of Thought", but Kharma is one recording that I had on cassette, and was forced to get rid of due to lack of storage space.

It still bothers me, that I had to get rid of thousands of great titles on cassette. Should have got rid of a child instead  :), in hindsight, but I do like to hunt down music in dark, dusty rooms, so maybe one day I will get them all back!

I am not the biggest fan of Leon, but thanks for bringing him up for discussion and listening.

Rok, I remember reading that" Bloodcount" was actually another song title written before Strayhorn was sick, before the history we were told , of it being composed by Strayhorn on his deathbed, but I like the history we were told.

Have to leave for work, so I don't have time to clean up that last paragraph.

Thanks Frogman! I hate half truths and just did it myself. I guess I will file this under, if you don't have time to post correctly, don't post

Yusef Lateef  -- Back Home

Awesome!!   Loved it!!   1968??   Yes indeed!!   I closed my eyes, cranked it up,  and found myself jamming at the Mexicana Club in Frankfurt, Germany.   Those were the days.  Santana anyone?

Thanks for posting.

Cheers