Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus LP (Verve By Request Series)

This excellent 1965 album from the always versatile Lateef runs the gamut musically, from the Coltrane-influenced “Semi-Octo” to soulful reads of standards from Hammerstein/Kern, Fats Waller, and Erik Satie, and a beautifully rendered original “Bamboo Flute Blues”. Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Psychicemotus 
2. Bamboo Flute Blues 
3. Semiocto 
4. Why Do I Love You? 

Side B
1. First Gymnopedie 
2. Medula Sonata 
3. I’ll Always Be In Love With You 
4. Ain’t Misbehavin’