Yusef goes Coltrane-beast on the first track, but then breaks out the oboe for some Eastern flavored runs on “Brother John”. The two lengthy tracks on side are both up tempo modal hard bop. Louis Hayes’ drumming in particular reflects today’s style in that he swings, but he does not confine himself to the ride cymbal, instead he is all over the set, much like today’s drummers. The songs are very forward looking and in many ways sound a lot like the jazz you hear today in the second decade of the new century. Yusef wrote the four live tracks, and the music reflects his semi avant-garde post bop with some Eastern modal leanings. Technically this is Julian’s (Cannonball) album, but it seems more like a Yusef Lateef album. It certainly does not sound like a comp until you get to “Seventh Son”, which is quite different from the other tracks. The first four tracks feature the same band and all in live settings. The cover says that these songs have been released before, but doing a short casual search I could only find two of the tracks on Cannonball's Sextet in New York live album. “Planet Earth” is an excellent album, yet few seem to know it even exists.
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