Soulnik

1960 studio album by Doug Watkins

Soulnik

Studio album by

Doug Watkins

Released| 1960
Recorded| May 17, 1960
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre| Jazz
Length| 37:31
Label| New Jazz
NJLP 8238
Producer| Esmond Edwards
Doug Watkins chronology
| Doug Watkins at Large
(1956)  | Soulnik
(1960)  |

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Soulnik is the second of two albums led by American jazz bassist Doug Watkins featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "The use of oboe and cello on some numbers makes the date stand out a bit from the usual hard bop sessions of the period and straight-ahead jazz fans will want to get this".[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated

1. "One Guy" - 6:17
2. "Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) - 6:47
3. "Soulnik" - 5:44
4. "Andre's Bag" (Doug Watkins) - 6:58
5. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:35
6. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:10

## Personnel

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* Doug Watkins \- cello
* Yusef Lateef \- tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
* Hugh Lawson \- piano
* Herman Wright \- bass
* Lex Humphries \- drums

## References

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1. ^ New Jazz Records discography accessed May 30, 2013
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 30, 2013
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1470\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Yusef Lateef

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader|

* Jazz for the Thinker (1957)
* Jazz Mood (1957)
* Before Dawn (1957)
* Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957)
* Prayer to the East (1957)
* The Sounds of Yusef (1957)
* Other Sounds (1957)
* Lateef at Cranbrook (1958)
* The Dreamer (1959)
* The Fabric of Jazz (1959)
* Cry! – Tender (1959)
* Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef|Contemplation (1960)
* The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)
* The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960)
* Lost in Sound (1961)
* Eastern Sounds (1961)
* Into Something (1961)
* Jazz 'Round the World (1963)
* Live at Pep's (1964)
* 1984 (1965)
* Psychicemotus (1965)
* A Flat, G Flat and C (1966)
* The Golden Flute (1966)
* The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967)
* The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
* Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969)
* The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969)
* Suite 16 (1970)
* The Gentle Giant (1971)
* Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
* Part of the Search (1973)
* 10 Years Hence (1974)
* The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)
* Autophysiopsychic (1977)
* In a Temple Garden (1979)
* In Nigeria (1983)
* Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)

Split
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* Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)

With
others|

* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s)
* Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955)
* Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
* Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
* That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960)
* My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
* 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960)
* Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
* Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
* Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960)
* Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960)
* Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
* Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
* Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960)
* Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
* Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961)
* The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
* The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
* Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962)
* Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
* Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964)
* Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971)
* Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974)
* Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977)
* Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)

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