Thursday, July 3, 2008

VHS of the Day - "Yusef Lateef: The World at Peace"

VHS of the Day
Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph: "The World at Peace" (YAL) 2006
Featuring: David Johnson, Ralph Jones, Charles Moore, Jose Luis Perez, Federico Ramos, Bill Roper, Susan Allen, Marcie Brown, Eric von Hessen, Jeff Gauthier
*****
Recorded live on June 16 & 17, 1995, at the Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Lili Carnegie
Recorded & Mixed by Jerry Summers
"The World at Peace is in essence a combination of my post fifty years' poetic and easthetic endeavors. I call this music autophysiopsychic, coming from the physical, spiritual and mental self." - Yusef Lateef
This unique video includes the complete debut performance of Dr. Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph's compositional collaboration "The World at Peace" (a suite of 14 themes) as well as interview with the two masters.
Includes "Coltrane Remembered", "Africa 35", "Like A Secret Argosy", "A Feather in the Bright Sky" and "Beyond Futility", among others.

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