In August 1960, “New Jazz” label released “Cry! – Tender”, the twelve Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in October 1957 and in October 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, NJ, and “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

• Yusef Lateef– tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
• Lonnie Hillyer– trumpet
• Wilbur Harden– flugelhorn
• Hugh Lawson– piano
• Ernie Farrow– bass
• Herman Wright – bass
• Frank Gant – drums, percussion
• Oliver Jackson – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef except where noted.

1. Seabreeze – Larry Douglas, Fred Norman, Rommie Bearden
2. Dopolous
3. Cry! – Tender
4. Butter’s Blues
5. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
6. The Snow Is Green
7. If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
8. Ecaps