Jazz and the Sounds of Nature

Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	1958
Recorded	October 9 & 10, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Savoy MG 12120
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Yusef Lateef chronology
Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1958) Prayer to the East (1957)

Jazz and the Sound of Nature is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

1. "Seulb" (Wilbur Harden) - 6:13
2. "Song of Delilah" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young) - 8:21
3. "Sounds of Nature" - 3:47
4. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:19
5. "8540 Twelfth Street" - 4:25
6. "Check Blues" - 6:40
7. "Gypsy Arab" (Harden) - 3:26

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute - track 2, tambourine, Indian reed whistle
• Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn, tambourine
• Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina
• Ernie Farrow - bass, rebab
• Oliver Jackson - drums, gong