Recorded August 1970
Sound Ideas Studio, New York

"Top O'Lin is an instrument that Marion Brown made by attaching tops of cooking pots to a board. It's played with a violin bow, or struck."

An ECM Production

© ? 1970 ECM Records

Con Renato Sellani al pianoforte

2LP su 1CD

Recorded at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, October 30, 2011
Mastered at 4ohm music

The repertoire of this album was premiered on October 29, 2011, at the 42nd Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt.

Tracks 1 to 4 originally released as LP " The Diverse Yusef Lateef " on January 15, 1970 [Atlantic ?SD 1548]
Tracks 5 to 15 originally released as LP " Suite 16 " on November 2, 1970 [Atlantic ?SD 1563]

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, May 21, 1969
Track 3 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, May 20, 1969
Track 4 recorded at RCA Studios, New York City, April 23, 1968

Track 5 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, April 8, 1970
Track 6 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, April 9 & 28, 1970
Track 7 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, April 6, 1970
Track 8 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, April 7, 1970
Track 9 recorded at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, 1970
Tracks 10 to 15 recorded at Cornet Studio,Cologne, Germany, June 24, 1970

Remastered at DB Plus, NYC

In tracks 5 & 7 it is not known precisely if the drummer is Jimmy Johnson or Ray Lucas

This reissue/compilation ? & © 1994 Atlantic Recording Corp. Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.

Recorded in May 1997 at Avatar Studio, New York.


An ECM Production

? 1999 ECM Records GmbH
© 1999 ECM Records GmbH