Savoy Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Gong!
| Recorded | Oct 2-10, 1957 |
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| Label | Savoy Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
The record
Savoy let Lateef loose here, tambourine and gong mixed with flugelhorn and flute across sessions cut in October of '57. Ocarina turns up too, courtesy of Hugh Lawson, in a quintet unafraid of strange color.
Session personnel
- Ernie Farrow — bass, other [earthboard]
- Oliver Jackson — drums, gong
- Wilbur Harden — flugelhorn
- Hugh Lawson — piano, ocarina
- Yusef Lateef — tenor saxophone, flute, tambourine
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1978 | Savoy Records — MONO |
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