The Lovers
Context
Invitation to Openness, a fusion album recorded in 1971 and released by Atlantic in 1972, made up of three long original pieces with Yusef Lateef. “The Lovers” alone runs 26 minutes.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).