Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Blues For The Orient

| Recorded | Oct 11, 1957 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Released | 1957 |
| Discogs | master 1352549 |
The record
Oboe and argol weave through blues changes on this Prestige session, Lateef bending scales that had no place yet in jazz vocabulary. Documentation on personnel is thin, but the reach beyond convention comes through clearly.
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1974 | Prestige · P-24035 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold |
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| 1974 | Prestige · P-24035 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, DJ-Copy · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1974 | Prestige · P-24035 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1974 | Prestige · P-24035 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1974 | Prestige |
| 1974 | Prestige · PR 24035 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold |