Yusef Lateef - Golden Flower - Live in Sweden - 5990453

Yusef Lateef - Golden Flower: Live in Sweden - 5990553

Golden Flower: Live In Sweden (BF2025 2LP)

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Cat No: 5990453

Format Details: BF2025 2LP

Release Date: 05 December 2025

Label: Elemental Music

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 8435395504994

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 28 November 2025

Label: Elemental Music

Packaging Type: Gate Fold

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 8435395504970

Genres: Jazz

Description

The first official release of two concerts from the Swedish television and radio archives of legendary saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in Sweden in 1967 and 1972 - 2CD deluxe digipak edition with 20-page booklet.
This is the second official release from Elemental Music in cooperation with the Yusef Lateef Estate, following 2024's 'Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon' (Elemental 5990450 & 5990545).
'Golden Flower - Live In Sweden' was transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab in Los Angeles.
The limited-edition 2CD set includes an extensive insert with rare photographs, newly commissioned liner notes and interviews and testimonials from Kenny Barron and other musicians who were inspired by and knew and played with Lateef.
Disc 1:
Yusef Lateef: tenor sax & flute
Lars Sjosten: piano
Palle Danielsson: bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath: drums
Recorded in Mosebacke, Sweden, September 13, 1967.
Disc 2:
Yusef Lateef: tenor sax & flute
Kenny Barron: piano
Bob Cunningham: bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath: drums
Recorded live at the Ahus Jazz Festival, Ahus, Sweden, August 1, 1972.

Description

The first official release of two concerts from Swedish television and radio archives of legendary American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef. They were recorded on September 13, 1967 with pianist Lars Sjosten, bassist Palle Danielson and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath, and on August 1, 1972 at the Ahus Jazz Festival with pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Bob Cunningham and Albert "Tootie" Heath once again on drums.
This is the second official release from Elemental Music in cooperation with the Yusef Lateef Estate, following 2024's Atlantis Lullaby. Golden Flower - Live In Sweden was transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by renowned technician Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.
This 2LP audiophile set, pressed on 180g premium vinyl and packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with an extensive LP size insert featuring rare photographs, newly commissioned liner notes, and interviews and testimonials from Kenny Barron, Chico Hamilton, and other musicians who were inspired by and knew and played with Lateef.
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