Yusef Lateef: Music As Color - Down Beat

This month I have been listening to a few albums by Yusef Lateef (Jazz Moods, Before Dawn, Into Something, Eastern Sounds and 1984 have all had airtime) so I thought it was fitting to post this article by Pete Welding from the May 20, 1965 issue of Down Beat. Click on the image to view PDF of full article. More vintage magazine articles can be found here.

Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz - Downbeat Review 1962

Recorded on this day back in 1960 was Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz. Here is the review that appeared in the January 18, 1962 issue of Down Beat. In order to provide a rounded view, Down Beat published tow reviews - the first by Pete Welding and the second by John Tynan. More vintage magazine articles can be found here.