Really started to enjoy this from 'Meditation 3' and 4 onward, but that's partly because I'm such a Third Stream fanboy and less about the overall merits of this as a jazz recording or whatnot. Lateef was one of the greats so even if you didn't like the style it would be goofy not to respect the output. Could end up revisiting this in the future, though I think it is a bit too left-field at times to serve as meditation material as an overall experience (though I could always snip a track out here and there).
8 out of 10
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