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Yusef Lateef Discography
A discography of the multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef (1920–2013). Discography As Leader/Co-leader As sideman With Cannonball Adderley * 1962: ''The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York'' (Riverside, 1962) * 1962: ''Cannonball in Europe!'' (Capitol, 1962) * 1962: ''Jazz Workshop Revisited'' (Riverside, 1962) * 1963 ''Nippon Soul'' (Riverside, 1964) – live * 1963 '' Autumn Leaves'' (Riverside, 1975) – live * 1962-63 ''The Sextet'' (Milestone, 1982) With Curtis Fuller * 1960: ''Images of Curtis Fuller'' (Savoy, 1960) * 1960: ''Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone'' (Warwick, 1961) With Charles Mingus * 1960: ''Pre-Bird'' (Mercury, 1961) – reissued as ''Mingus Revisited'' on Limelight * 1960: ''Jazz Makers'' (Mercury, 1963) With others * Nat Adderley, ''That's Right!'' (Riverside, 1960) * Ernestine Anderson, ''My Kinda Swing'' (Mercury, 1961) – rec. 1960 * Art Blakey, ''The African Beat'' (Blue Note, 1962) * Donald Byrd, ''Byrd Jazz'' (Transition, 1956) – live re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with " Eastern" music. Peter Keepnews, in his ''New York Times'' obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played world music before world music had a name". Lateef's books included two novellas entitled ''A Night in the Garden of Love'' and ''Another Avenue'', the short story collections ''Spheres'' and ''Rain Shapes'', also his autobiography, ''The Gentle Giant,'' written in collaboration with Herb Boyd. Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry! – Tender
''Cry! – Tender'' is an album by American multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1959 (with one track recorded in 1957) and released on the New Jazz label. accessed July 19, 2012 Reception The AllMusic site stated: "Lateef was already moving away from what most people would call jazz by this time, yet, as evidenced here, his music remained challenging and very accessible. This is meditative music with a stunningly rich rhythmic palette for how muted and edgeless it is. And, like or[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Flute
''The Golden Flute'' is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 6, 2011 Reception The review by stated: "Lateef has long been a true original, and he revitalizes the standards while always swinging and being a bit unpredictable. Well worth searching for".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Flat, G Flat And C
''A Flat, G Flat and C'' is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: Track listing Personnel * Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, oboe, chuen, theremin * Hugh Lawson – piano * Reggie Workman – bass * Roy Brooks – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... References {{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Yusef Lateef albums 1966 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Bob Thiele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychicemotus
''Psychicemotus'' is a 1965 album by Yusef Lateef. Track listing # "Psychicemotus" (Yusef Lateef) – 5:05 # "Bamboo Flute Blues" (Lateef) – 4:02 # "Semiocto" (Lateef) – 4:31 # "Why Do I Love You?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 6:32 # " First Gymnopédie" (Erik Satie) – 3:29 # "Medula Sonata" (Lateef) – 6:35 # "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Harry Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 4:42 # " Ain't Misbehavin'" (Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:45 Personnel Musicians * Yusef Lateef – flute, percussion, arranger, oboe, tenor saxophone, tambourine, chinese flutes, bamboo flute * Georges Arvanitas – piano * Reggie Workman – double bass * James Black – drums, percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ..., indian bells References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 (Yusef Lateef Album)
''1984'' is a 1965 album by Yusef Lateef. Track listing Personnel Musicians * Yusef Lateef – flute, oboe, tenor saxophone * Mike Nock – piano * Reggie Workman – double bass * James Black – drums, percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ..., indian bells References {{Authority control 1965 albums Yusef Lateef albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Impulse! Records albums Instrumental albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Pep's
Live at Pep's is a 1964 album by the American Jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist Yusef Lateef. Other participating musicians in this album were bassist Ernie Farrow, pianist Mike Nock, drummer James Black and trumpeter Richard Williams. This live album was recorded at Pep's Lounge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More of Lateef's performances at Pep's from the end of June 1964 were issued on ''Club Date'' (ABC-Impulse! ASD 9310) in 1976 and later as an expanded 2-LP set titled ''The Live Session'' (IA-9353/2). The recordings were repackaged again for CD as two volumes in 1993 and 1999 as ''Live at Pep's''. Reception Ron Wynn stated in a review for AllMusic: "This mid-'60s concert was one of Lateef's finest, as it perfectly displayed his multiple influences and interests." He continued: "Lateef played meaty tenor sax solos and entrancing flute and bamboo flute offerings, and also had impressive stints on oboe, shenai, and argol. This was a pivotal date in his career, and those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques of his recordings, the label came to be known as "the house that Trane built". History Impulse!'s parent company, ABC-Paramount Records, was established in 1955 as the recording division of the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC). In the 1940s and 1950s, ABC benefitted from the U.S. government's antitrust actions against broadcasters and film studios who were forced to divest parts of their companies. In the early 1950s, ABC acquired the Blue Network of radio stations from NBC and later merged with the newly independent Paramount Theaters chain, formerly owned by Paramount Pictures. The new recording division was located at 1501 Broadway, above the Paramount Theatre in Times Square. Under the leadership of Leonard Goldenson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz 'Round The World
''Jazz 'Round the World'' is an album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed March 18, 2011 Reception The review by Jason Ankeny stated: "Yusef Lateef's first Impulse! date ''Jazz 'Round the World'' anticipates the emerging vogue for global music with a series of impassioned interpretations of traditional ethnic folk songs... Lateef proves that while music may indeed reign as the universal language, some speakers are far more fluent and eloquent than others".Ankeny, J[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into Something
''Into Something'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. accessed July 19, 2012 Reception The reviewer described it as a "superior set.. a well rounded program" and "a particularly memorable performance".Yanow, SAllMusic Review accessed July 19, 2012 Track listing ''All ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Sounds
''Eastern Sounds'' is an album by jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, recorded in 1961. The album features Lateef's continued exploration of Middle Eastern music, which were incorporated into his version of hard bop with a quartet featuring Barry Harris on piano. The opening track features Lateef on Chinese globular flute, generally called xun. The fusing of musical genres was not a new thing in jazz or for Lateef as his 1957 album '' Prayer to the East'' incorporated the shehnai and Middle Eastern influences in playing jazz standards. Aside from Lateef's original compositions, there are covers of themes from the films ''Spartacus'' and ''The Robe'', the last one being used as samples by Blockhead and Nujabes. Track listing #"The Plum Blossom" (Yusef Lateef) – 5:03 #"Blues for the Orient" (Lateef) – 5:40 #"Ching Miau" (Lateef) – 3:20 #" Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh) – 4:57 #"Love Theme from ''Spartacus''" (Alex North) – 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Sound
''Lost in Sound'' is a studio album by American multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef released in 1961 by the Charlie Parker label. This record is the Yusef Lateef's only album for the label. Since its initial release, the album has been re-released several times via multiple labels. Track listing Personnel Musicians * Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone * Ray McKinny – bass * Clifford Jarvis – drums (tracks: 1, 2, 4–6, 8) * George Scott – drums (tracks: 3, 7) * Vincent Pitts – trumpet * John Harmon – piano Production * Peter Ind – engineer * Doris Parker – liner notes * Aubrey Mayhew Aubrey Mayhew (October 2, 1927 – March 22, 2009) was an American music producer, songwriter and music services professional. He was the sole owner of Amcorp Music Group in Nashville, Tennessee. Pre-professional history Born in Washington, D.C. ... – producer References {{Authority control Yusef Lateef albums 1962 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |