- Artist:
- Yusef Lateef
Jazz Mood
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Release date: 24 October 2025
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef's debut album, Jazz Mood, was originally released in 1957 on the Savoy label from New Jersey. The album features five original compositions by Lateef and was recorded by Curtis Fuller (trombone), Hugh Lawson (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), and Louis Hayes (drums). This reissue of the album is part of the Original Jazz Classics Series, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, with fully analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and a Stoughton tip-on cover.
About Original Jazz Classics:
Original Jazz Classics was launched in 1982 under Fantasy Records and revived in 2023 with a focus on audiophile reissues of groundbreaking jazz recordings. With over 850 reissued titles to date from the groundbreaking catalogs of Prestige, Riverside, Galaxy, Contemporary, Jazzland, Milestone, and others, OJC remains a reliable source for discovering and rediscovering jazz.
Since its reintroduction, the series has garnered much praise from critics, with Record Collector Magazine declaring, “The sound is out of this world.” Tracking Angle called the OJC reissue of Thelonious Monk's “Monk's Music” ‘remarkable’ and “the best-sounding pressing” of the album to date. Absolute Sound raved about the stereo reissue of Mal Waldron's “The Quest,” noting that it “sounds fabulous—full-bodied, immediate, and crackling with energy.” Jazzwise praised the “unparalleled” quality of the series, describing the reissues as ‘exceptional’ and “stunningly eloquent” sounding. Qobuz highlighted the remastering, raving that it “breathes pulsating life into the original tapes.”
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Tracklist
- 1. Metaphor
- 2. Yusef's Mood
- 3. The Beginning
