Yusef Lateef

Originally issued on Savoy as 'Jazz Mood' and retitled here as 'Blues In Space', this superb album was Yusef Lateef's (1920 - 2013) debut album as a leader with tracks compiled from his second studio date for the label. From the first studio date, which took place just four days before, two tracks have been added to this edition as a bonus. Both dates present the same personnel; trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Hugh Lawson, bassist Ernie Farrow (Alice Coltrane's brother), and drummer Louis Hayes.