Belmondo & Yusef Lateef's lyrics & chords

This double set is an ambitious tribute by French jazz siblings Lionel and Stéphane Belmondo to the 87-year-old world-jazz pioneer, Yusef Lateef. The venerable exotic-reeds specialist himself is featured on the instruments - including oboe, "moan flute" and argol - that he brought to jazz half a century ago. In his long career, Lateef has fruitfully explored bop, classical, Middle Eastern, African and Oriental music. These two discs are broadly split between a classical wind-ensemble music - with cymbal washes, woody, rough-toned reed sounds, ...read more