LP. Vinile 180 g - edizione limitata per audiofili - l'LP completo + 2 brani bonus. Sebbene i suoi strumenti principali fossero il sassofono tenore e il flauto, Yusef Lateef era noto per la sua innovativa fusione tra jazz e musica asiatica. Oltre all'oboe e al fagotto (entrambi strumenti insoliti nel jazz), suonava anche vari altri strumenti. Lateef iniziò a registrare come leader nel 1957 per la Savoy Records, un'associazione non esclusiva che continuò fino al 1959. I suoi primi album per la New Jazz, sussidiaria della Prestige, si sovrappongono alle sue registrazioni per la Savoy. Cry! - Tender è stato uno di questi primi album per la New Jazz, registrato durante questo periodo iniziale della carriera e l'unica sessione che abbia mai registrato con il trombettista Lonnie Hillyer.

4LP su 3 CD.

2CD.

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 October 10, 1957.

?© 1993 Denon Records/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Printed in U.S.A.

?/© 1972 Atlantic Recording Company