title: Part of the Search
text: # Part of the Search
  
  Part of the Search is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1973 (with one track from a 1971 recording session) and released on the Atlantic label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow calling it, "one of his better efforts from the era".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated
  
  * "K.C. Shuffle" (Kenny Barron) - 3:42
  * "Oatsy Doatsy [Part 1]" - 0:32
  * "Soul's Bakery" - 2:21
  * "Lunceford Prance" - 3:03
  * "Rockhouse" (Ray Charles) - 3:41
  * "Oatsy Doatsy [Part 2]" - 0:14
  * "In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris) - 3:21
  * "Superfine" (Bob Cunningham) - 3:23
  * "Strange Lullaby" - 4:13
  * "Big Bass Drum" - 2:58
  * "Gettin' Sentimental" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck) - 9:51
  * Recorded in New York City on September 1, 1971 (track 11), April 4, 1973 (tracks 1, 3 & 4), April 5, 1973 (tracks 2, 8 & 9), May 16, 1973 (tracks 5 & 7), September 13, 1973 (track 8) and December 26, 1973 (track 12)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Yusef Lateef - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, bamboo flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, oboe, bells, tambourine
  * Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens, Charles Sullivan - trumpet
  * Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown, Warren Covington - trombone
  * Jerry Dodgion, Charles McBurney, Rocky Morales Frank Wess - saxophones
  * Willie Bridges - saxophone, flute
  * Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  * Al Gafa - guitar
  * Arnold Eidus, Emanuel Green - violin
  * Selwart Clarke - cello
  * Albert Heath - drums
  * Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant - piano, electric piano
  * Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones - bass
  * Bill Salter - electric bass
  * Ladji Camara - African percussion
  