Jazz bassist Doug Watkins died in a car accident in 1962 at the age of 27. However, prior to his early demise, he recorded dozens of wonderful sessions with some of the greatest jazzmen of his time, among them Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and the Horace Silver Quintet. Soulnik marked his second and final album as a leader, and features Watkins on cello instead of bass, and in the company of the great Yusef Lateef.

Personnel

- Yusef Lateef - ( flute & oboe )

- Hugh Lawson - ( piano )

- Herman Wright - (bass)

- Lex Humphries - (drums)

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 17, 1960.

- (*) Bonus Tracks

 Yusef Lateef (ts), Curtis Fuller (tb), Hugh Lawson (p), Ernie Farrow (b), Louis Hayes (d), Doug Watkins (finger cymbals, perc).

- New York, April 5 ( B4 ) & April 9 ( A4 ), 1957.

Tracks

Side A

• A1. ONE GUY
• A2. CONFESSIN’
• A3. SOULNIK
• A4. THE BEGINNING (*)

Side B

• B1. ANDRE’S BAG
• B2. I REMEMBER YOU
• B3. IMAGINATION
• B4. SPACE (*)