Eight Classic Albums

Tracklist

• CD 1: Jazz Mood / The Dreamer
• 1
  Metaphor
  8:05
• 2
  Yusef's Mood
  8:42
• 3
  The Beginning
  4:07
• 4
  Morning
  10:31
• 5
  Blues in Space
  7:03
• 6
  Oboe Blues
  5:47
• 7
  Angel Eyes
  5:11
• 8
  The Dreamer
  6:51
• 9
  Arjuna
  7:36
• 10
  Can't Help Lovin' That Man
  8:00
• CD 2: Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef / The Fabric of Jazz
• 1
  Passion
  4:03
• 2
  Love Is Eternal
  6:31
• 3
  Pike's Peak
  5:30
• 4
  Open Strings
  6:14
• 5
  Before Dawn
  5:26
• 6
  Twenty-Five Minute Blues
  5:26
• 7
  Chang, Chang, Chang
  2:58
• 8
  Constellation
  4:46
• 9
  Moon Tree
  5:45
• 10
  Stella by Starlight
  5:49
• 11
  Valse Bouk
  4:15
• 12
  Half Breed
  8:35
• 13
  Poor Butterfly
  6:36
• CD 3: Cry Tender / The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
• 1
  Sea Breeze
  3:08
• 2
  Dopolous
  3:15
• 3
  Cry! - Tender
  5:56
• 4
  Butter's Blues
  5:42
• 5
  Yesterdays
  4:19
• 6
  The Snow Is Green
  3:10
• 7
  If You Could See Me Now
  4:45
• 8
  Ecaps
  6:28
• 9
  Goin' Home
  5:02
• 10
  I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So
  4:37
• 11
  Quarantine
  7:01
• 12
  From Within
  4:11
• 13
  Salt Water Blues
  6:46
• 14
  Lateef Minor 7th
  4:57
• 15
  Adoration
  4:32
• 16
  Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
  4:52
• CD 4: The Centaur & The Phoenix / Eastern Sounds
• 1
  Revelation
  5:59
• 2
  Apathy
  5:23
• 3
  Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)
  6:56
• 4
  The Centaur & The Phoenix
  5:34
• 5
  Iqbal
  4:49
• 6
  Summer Song
  5:23
• 7
  The Philanthropist
  3:58
• 8
  The Plum Blossom
  4:54
• 9
  Blues for the Orient
  5:34
• 10
  Chinq Miau
  3:14
• 11
  Don't Blame Me
  4:53
• 12
  Love Theme From 'Sparctacus'
  4:09
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Snafu
  5:35
• 14
  Purple Flower
  4:26
• 15
  Love Theme From 'the Robe'
  3:57
• 16
  The Three Faces of Balal
  2:16

More by Yusef Lateef

The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York

The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York 1962

Into Something

Into Something 1962

Eastern Sounds

Eastern Sounds 1961

Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase

Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase 2026

Golden Flower: Live in Sweden

Golden Flower: Live in Sweden 2025

Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon

Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon 2024

Release credits

• Barry Harris
  piano [8-16]
• Ben Tucker
  double bass [1-7]
• Clark Terry
  flugelhorn [1-7]
• Curtis Fuller
  tambourine [1-5], trombone [1.1-5, 2.1-8, 4.1-7]
• Doug Watkins
  finger cymbals [3], percussion [3]
• Ernie Farrow
  double bass [2.1-8, 3.8, 1.1-5, 4.8-16], rebab [8-16]
• Frank Gant
  drums (drum set) [3.1-7, 1.6-10, 2.9-13]
• Herman Wright
  double bass [1-7, 9-16]
• Hugh Lawson
  celesta [2.4, 3.12], piano [3.1-7, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 1.1-5]
• Jack Higgins
  recording [9-16]
• Joe Zawinul
  piano [1-7]
• Kiane Zawadi
  euphonium [1.6-10, 2.9-13]
• Lex Humphries
  drums (drum set) [4.1-16, 3.9-11, 3.13-16], timpani [12]
• Lonnie Hillyer
  trumpet [1-7]
• Louis Hayes
  drums (drum set) [2.1-8, 1.1-5]
• Oliver Jackson
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Orrin Keepnews
  producer [9-16]
• Richard Williams
  trumpet [1-7]
• Ron Carter
  cello [9-10, 12-15]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [3.1-8, 4.8-16]
• Tate Houston
  baritone saxophone [1-7]
• Terry Pollard
  piano [1.6-10, 2.9-13]
• Wilbur Harden
  flugelhorn [8]
• William Austin
  double bass [1.6-10, 2.9-13]
• Yusef Lateef
  flute [1.1-5, 3.1-7, 3.12, 3.14-15, 2.4, 4.8-16], oboe [4.8-16, 3.1-7, 3.10, 3.13], tenor saxophone [3.1-9, 3.11, 3.16, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 1.1-5, 4.8-16], woodwind [2.9-13, 1.6-10]
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Issues

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  Eight Classic Albums

  4x CD
  2013