Culled from previously unreleased recordings from Swedish television and radio archives, Golden Flower: Live in Sweden presents Yusef Lateef leading two different quartets in performances in Sweden in 1967 and 1972. Always commanding on both tenor sax and flute, Lateef is in excellent form on both dates, with each showcasing a different side of his artistic character. While Albert “Tootie” Heath is the drummer on both sets, the 1967 material, recorded at a club date in Stockholm, features Swedish musicians Palle Danielsson on bass and Lars Sjösten on piano. This half of Golden Flower tends to be smoother and more straight-ahead, with Lateef and his group cruising through a cool take of “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” the playful and even silly inclusion…

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