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One of multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef's most enduring recordings, Eastern Sounds was one of the last recordings made by the band that Lateef shared with pianist Barry Harris after the band moved to New York from Detroit, where the jazz scene was already dying. Lateef had long been interested in Eastern music, long before John Coltrane had ever shown any public interest anyway, so this Moodsville session (which meant it was supposed to be a laid-back ballad-like record), recorded in 1961, was drenched in Lateef's current explorations of Eastern mode and interval, as well as tonal and polytonal improvisation.
Tracklist
The Plum Blossom
Blues for the Orient
Ching Miau
Don't Blame Me
You've Changed
Love Theme from 'Spartacus'
Snafu
Purple Flower
Love Theme from 'The Robe'
The Three Faces of Balal