Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Centaur And The Phoenix
| Recorded | Oct 4-6, 1960 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 369960 |
The record
Bassoon and oboe thread through brass and reeds on this boldly voiced 1960 octet date, widening Lateef's palette well past the tenor. Sharp solo work pushes Riverside's postbop catalogue toward something more orchestral and searching.
Session personnel
- Tate Houston — baritone saxophone
- Ben Tucker — bass
- Josea Taylor — bassoon
- Lex Humphries — drums
- Yusef Lateef — flute [arghul], oboe, tenor saxophone
- Joe Zawinul — piano
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Clark Terry — trumpet
- Richard Williams — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 21 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1963 | Riverside Records · RLP 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Narrow deep groove · deep groove |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RM 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RS 9337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RLP 9337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records — STEREO |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RS 9337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Riverside Records · RLP 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1987 | Riverside Records · RSLP 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1987 | Not On Label · R(S9)LP 337 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-721-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-721-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-721-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Longbox |
| 1999 | ArsNova · AN-99-153 — CD, Album, Unofficial Release |
Follow the players
Tate Houston also plays on
Ben Tucker also plays on
Lex Humphries also plays on