Name: Live At Pep's
Brand: Grp Records
SKU: 15119
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Live At Pep's

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Album: Live At Pep's
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sister Mamie Live	More Info...	5:27
2)	Number 7 Live	More Info...	9:39
3)	Twelve Tone Blues Live	More Info...	4:51
4)	Oscarlypso Live	More Info...	7:46
5)	Gee Sam Gee Live	More Info...	6:39
6)	Rogi Live	More Info...	6:44
7)	See See Rider Live	More Info...	5:23
8)	The Magnolia Triangle Live	More Info...	5:16
9)	The Weaver Live	More Info...	5:41
10)	Slippin' & Slidin' Live	More Info...	3:26

Album: Live At Pep's
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sister Mamie Live	More Info...	5:27
2)	Number 7 Live	More Info...	9:39
3)	Twelve Tone Blues Live	More Info...	4:51
4)	Oscarlypso Live	More Info...	7:46
5)	Gee Sam Gee Live	More Info...	6:39
6)	Rogi Live	More Info...	6:44
7)	See See Rider Live	More Info...	5:23
8)	The Magnolia Triangle Live	More Info...	5:16
9)	The Weaver Live	More Info...	5:41
10)	Slippin' & Slidin' Live	More Info...	3:26

Performer Notes

Personnel: Yusef Lateef (flute, bamboo flute, oboe, tenor saxophone); Richard Gene Williams (trumpet); Mike Nock (piano); James Black (drums).
Liner Note Author: Don Heckman.
Recording information: Pep's Lounge, Philadelphia, PA (06/29/1964).
Photographer: Charles Stewart .
This is one of the finest recorded live dates by Yusef Lateef--saxophonist, flautist, oboist, auxiliary instrumentalist, and all-around musical maverick. Lateef's style draws heavily on traditional bop vocabulary, avant-garde impulses, and various styles of world music (long before that appellation was in vogue). Backed here by a tight, empathetic quartet (trumpet, piano, bass, and drums), Lateef puts his manifold influences and talents on full display.
On the opening cut, "Sister Mamie," Lateef plays the shenai (an reed instrument with a keening, drone-like sound) over a surging, minor progression, and the resulting sound is Middle East meets Mississippi Delta. "Twelve Tone Blues" and "Rogi" are rooted in a more traditional jazz idiom, and prove Lateef's core skills for improvisation, swing, and interactive chemistry. But it is the more experimental, expressive originals, particularly "Gee Sam Gee" (included here as a bonus track) that stand out, along with Lateef's remarkable versatility on his battery of instruments. (He often sounds like seven session players rolled into one.) LIVE AT PEP'S shows the full range of the artist's ability, as well as his trademark knack for unusual instrumentation. After all, how many progressive jazz albums feature an oboe solo?