Suite 16 (album)

Suite 16
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	November 2, 1970
Recorded	April 6-9, 1970 Regent Sound Studios, New York City June 24, 1970 Corner Studios, Koln
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:54
Label	Atlantic SD 1563
Producer	Joel Dorn
Yusef Lateef chronology
The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1970)

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Suite 16 is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

1. "Buddy and Lou" - 3:13
2. "Down in Atlanta" - 4:15
3. "Nocturne" - 4:02
4. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) - 3:20
5. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 1:44
6. "Symphonic Blues Suite: First Movement; Folia" - 2:21
7. "Symphonic Blues Suite: Second Movement; Minuet (Hybird, Atonal)" - 2:10
8. "Symphonic Blues Suite: Third Movement; Blues (Twelve Measure Form) Variational Interlude" - 6:53
9. "Symphonic Blues Suite: Fourth Movement; Passacaglia" - 2:06
10. "Symphonic Blues Suite: Fifth Movement; Chorale / Sixth Movement; Blues (Extended Form)" - 2:13
11. "Symphonic Blues Suite: Seventh Movement; Blues, Coda" - 2:37

• Recorded at Regent Sound Studios in New York City on April 6, 1970 (track 3), April 7, 1970 (track 4), April 8, 1970 (track 1), and April 9, 1970 (track 2) and at Corner Studios in Koln, West Germany on June 24, 1970 (tracks 5-10)

Personnel

• Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe, bells, tambourine
• Neal Boyar - vibraphone (track 3)
• Barry Harris (tracks 6-11), Joe Zawinul (tracks 1-4) - piano
• Eric Gale (tracks 1-4), Earl Klugh (track 5) - guitar
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass (tracks 1-4)
• Robert Cunningham - bass, electric bass (tracks 6-11)
• Albert Heath (tracks 6-11), Jimmy Johnson (tracks 1-4) - drums
• Selwart Clarke - viola (tracks 2 & 4)
• Kermit Moore - cello (tracks 2 & 4)
• Cologne Radio Orchestra conducted by William S. Fischer (tracks 6-11)
• The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals (tracks 1-5)

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