Infos
CD 1 # 1 - 5 Jazz for the Thinker (1957)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, arghul, scraper
Curtis Fuller - trombone, tambourine
Hugh Lawson - piano
Ernie Farrow - bass, rabat
Louis Hayes - drums
Doug Watkins - finger cymbals, percussion
CD 1 # 6 - 10 Jazz Mood (1957)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, arghul, scraper
Curtis Fuller - trombone, tambourine
Hugh Lawson - piano
Ernie Farrow - bass, rabat
Louis Hayes - drums
Doug Watkins - finger cymbals, percussion
CD 2 # 1 - 8 Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef (1958)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, arghul, percussion
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Hugh Lawson - piano, celesta (# 4)
Ernie Farrow - bass, rebab
Louis Hayes - drums
CD 2 # 9 - 13 The Sounds of Yusef (1958)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, argol
Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, balloon
Hugh Lawson - piano, Turkish finger cymbals, 7 Up bottle, balloon, bells
Ernie Farrow - bass, rabat
Oliver Jackson - drums, gong, earthboard
CD 3 # 1 - 7 Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1958)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, Indian reed whistle
Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, tambourine
Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina
Ernie Farrow - bass, rebab
Oliver Jackson - drums, gong
CD 3 # 8 - 12 Prayer to the East (1958)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine
Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn
Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina
Ernie Farrow - bass
Oliver Jackson - drums, gong
CD 4 # 1 - 6 Other Sounds (1959)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine, argol
Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, balloon
Hugh Lawson - piano, Turkish finger cymbals, 7 Up bottle, balloon, bells
Ernie Farrow - bass, rabat
Oliver Jackson - drums, gong, earthboard
CD 4 # 7 - 10 Lateef at Cranbrook (1959)
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, argol, percussion
Frank Morelli - baritone saxophone
Terry Pollard - piano
William Austin - bass, rabat
Frank Gant - drums, gong, finger cymbals