Psychicemotus - 2023 US Impulse!/Verve label 8-track LP Reissue

This excellent 1965 album from the always versatile Lateef runs the gamut musically, from the Coltrane-influenced “Semi-Octo” to soulful reads of standards from Hammerstein/Kern, Fats Waller, and Erik Satie, and a beautifully rendered original “Bamboo Flute Blues”. Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.

Tracklisting:

Side 1.
1. Psychicemotus (Yusef Lateef) 5:05
2. Bamboo Flute Blues (Yusef Lateef) 4:02
3. Semiocto (Yusef Lateef) 4:31
4. Why Do I Love You? (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 6:32

Side 2.
1. First Gymnopédie (Erik Satie) 3:29
2. Medula Sonata (Yusef Lateef) 6:35
3. I'll Always Be in Love with You (Bud Green, Harry Ruby, Sam H. Stept) 4:42
4. Ain't Misbehavin' (Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) 4:45

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Side 1, tracks 1, 4, Side 2, tracks 1, 2 and 4 recorded July 21, 1965 - all other tracks recorded July 22, 1965.
Mastered/laquer cutting at East Iris Studios, Nashville
Pressed by Third Man Records Pressing Plant, 441 West Canfield Street. Detroit, Michigan 48201

Credits:

Yusef Lateef - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe

Reggie Workman - Bass
James Black - Drums
Ahmad Basheer - Liner Notes
Georges Arvanitas - Piano

Technical Credits:
Kevin Reeves - Lacquer Cutting
Bob Thiele - Producer Production
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Kevin Reeves - LP Reissue Supervision, Mastering

Artwork:
Robert Flynn, Viceroy - Cover Design
Joe Lebow - Liner Design
Chuck Stewart - Cover And Liner Photography