Savoy session · in the studio

April 9, 1957

Yusef Lateef Quintet

This day's music is on 3 records: Jazz Mood, Stable Mates, The Many Faces Of The Blues

In the room

Yusef Lateef – tenor sax, flute, argol, scraper
Curtis Fuller – trombone, tambourine, finger cymbals
Doug Watkins – finger cymbals, miscellaneous percussion
Hugh Lawson – piano
Ernie Farrow – bass, rabat
Louis Hayes – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Savoy numbered its masters by the tune, and kept the takes: the figure after the dash is which take of that master it is.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
SYL70012	Metaphor	MG 12103
SYL70013	Morning	MG 12103
SYL70014	The Beginning	MG 12103
SYL70015	G. Bouk	MG 12115, MG 12125
SYL70016	Blues In Space	MG 12103
SYL70017	Yusef's Mood	MG 12103

6 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Yusef Lateef – Jazz Mood (Savoy MG 12103)

MG 12103 · 1957Jazz MoodYusef Lateef

Various Artists – Stable Mates (Savoy MG 12115)

MG 12115 · 1957Stable MatesVarious Artists

Various Artists – The Many Faces Of The Blues (Savoy MG 12125)

MG 12125 · 1958The Many Faces Of The BluesVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 12109	Jazz For The Thinker	Yusef Lateef And His Men	1957	Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, Doug Watkins, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow, Louis Hayes

5 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGV-8217	Before Dawn	The Music Of Yusef Lateef	1957	Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow, Louis Hayes

3 of them 11 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 7107	New Trombone	Curtis Fuller	1957	Curtis Fuller, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
MG 12117	Prayer To The East	Yusef Lateef	1957	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
PRLP 7122	The Sounds Of Yusef	The Yusef Lateef Quintet	1958	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
MG 12120	Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature	Yusef Lateef	1958	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
MG 12123	Jazz Is Busting Out All Over	Various Artists	1958	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
NJLP 8218	Other Sounds	Yusef Lateef	1959	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
NJLP 8234	Cry!-Tender	Yusef Lateef	1960	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
NJLP 8238	Soulnik	Doug Watkins Quintet	1960	Yusef Lateef, Doug Watkins, Hugh Lawson
NJLP 8292	The Jazz Soul Of Cleopatra	John Coltrane/Ahmed Abdul-Malik/Dizzy Reece/Oudi Hrant/Yusef Lateef	1963	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
A-56	Jazz 'Round The World	Yusef Lateef	1964	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow
PR 7447	Yusef Lateef Plays For Lovers	The Yusef Lateef Quintet	1966	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow

2 of them 24 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 1539	6 Pieces of Silver	Horace Silver	1956	Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
BLP 4325	Horace Silver Quintet · not on the site yet	Horace Silver Quintet	1956	Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
BLP 1570	Dial "S" for Sonny	Sonny Clark	1957	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
PRLP 7103	On The Sunny Side	Paul Quinichette	1957	Curtis Fuller, Doug Watkins
MG 12127	Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene	Various Artists	1958	Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
NJLP 8217	The Cats	Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Idrees Sulieman	1959	Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes
RLP 325	The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef	Yusef Lateef Quintet	1960	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson
RLP 337	The Centaur And The Phoenix	The Big Sound Of Yusef Lateef	1960	Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
BLP 1583	Curtis Fuller Volume 3	Curtis Fuller	1960	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
NJLP 8231	Makin' The Changes	Jackie McLean	1960	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
NJLP 8248	Gettin' With It	Benny Golson	1960	Curtis Fuller, Doug Watkins
NJLP 8253	A Long Drink Of The Blues	Jackie McLean	1961	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
RLP 404	The Cannonball Adderley Sextet In New York	The Cannonball Adderley Sextet	1962	Yusef Lateef, Louis Hayes
RLP 416	Cannonball Adderley Greatest Hits	Cannonball Adderley Quintet With Milt Jackson	1962	Yusef Lateef, Louis Hayes
BLP 4097	The African Beat	Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble	1962	Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller
A-27	The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard	Freddie Hubbard Sextet	1963	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
RLP 444	Jazz Workshop Revisited	Cannonball Adderley Sextet	1963	Yusef Lateef, Louis Hayes
RLP 477	Nippon Soul	Cannonball Adderley	1963	Yusef Lateef, Louis Hayes
NJLP 8277	Curtis Fuller With Red Garland	Curtis Fuller Quintet With Red Garland	1963	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
A-38	The Body & The Soul	Freddie Hubbard	1964	Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes
A-69	Live At Pep's	Yusef Lateef	1965	Yusef Lateef, Ernie Farrow
A-9117	A Flat, G Flat And C	Yusef Lateef	1966	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson
A-9125	The Golden Flute	Yusef Lateef	1966	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson
LP 1499	The Complete Yusef Lateef	Yusef Lateef Quartet	1968	Yusef Lateef, Hugh Lawson