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Yusef Lateef has long had an inquisitive spirit and he was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. Lateef, who does not care much for the name "jazz," has consistently created music that has stretched (and even broke through) boundaries. A superior tenor-saxophonist with a soulful sound and impressive technique, Lateef by the 1950s was one of the top flutists around. He also developed into the best jazz soloist to date on oboe, an occasional bassoonist and introduced such instruments as the argol (a double clarinet that resembles a bassoon), shanai (a type of oboe) and different types of flutes. Lateef played "world music" before it had a name and his output was much more creative than much of the pop and folk music that passes under that label in the 1990s.

Yusef Lateef grew up in Detroit and began on tenor when he was 17. He played with Lucky Millinder (1946), Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie's big band (1949-50). He was a fixture on the Detroit jazz scene of the 1950s where he studied flute at Wayne State University. Lateef began recording as a leader in 1955 for Savoy (and later Riverside and Prestige) although he did not move to New York until 1959. By then he already had a strong reputation for his versatility and for his willingness to utilize "miscellaneous instruments." Lateef played with Charles Mingus in 1960, gigged with Donald Byrd and was well-featured with the Cannonball Adderley Sextet (1962-64). As a leader his string of Impulse recordings (1963-66) were among the finest of his career although Lateef's varied Atlantic sessions (1967-76) usually also had some strong moments. He spent some time in the 1980s teaching in Nigeria. His Atlantic records of the late '80s were closer to mood music (or new age) than jazz but in the 1990s (for his own YAL label) Yusef Lateef has recorded a wide variety of music (all originals) including some strong improvised music with the likes of Ricky Ford, Archie Shepp and Von Freeman.
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Yusef Lateef

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Albums Featuring "Yusef Lateef"
Stable Mates Stable Mates
Morning Morning
Jazz for the Thinkers Jazz for the Thinkers
Jazz Moods Jazz Moods
Before Dawn Before Dawn
Jazz and the Sounds of Nature Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
Gong Gong
Prayer to the East Prayer to the East
Blues for the Orient Blues for the Orient
Yusef Lateef Plays for Lovers Yusef Lateef Plays for Lovers
Yusef's Bag Yusef's Bag
Other Sounds Other Sounds
The Sounds of Yusef The Sounds of Yusef
Yusef at Cranbrook Yusef at Cranbrook
Angel Eyes Angel Eyes
The Dreamer The Dreamer
The Fabric of Jazz The Fabric of Jazz
Cry!/Tender Cry!/Tender
Imagination Imagination
Contemplation Contemplation
The Many Faces of Yusef Lateef The Many Faces of Yusef Lateef
The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
The Centaur and the Phoenix The Centaur and the Phoenix
Lost in Sound Lost in Sound
Eastern Sounds Eastern Sounds
Into Something Into Something
Jazz 'Round the World Jazz 'Round the World
Club Date Club Date
Live at Pep's Live at Pep's
Psychicemotus Psychicemotus
Quintet Quintet
The Live Session The Live Session
Live at Pep's, Vol. 2 Live at Pep's, Vol. 2
hi this is me hi this is me
First Flight: Yusef Lateef with Donald Byrd First Flight: Yusef Lateef with Donald Byrd
A   Flat, G Flat and C A Flat, G Flat and C
The Golden Flute The Golden Flute
The Complete Yusef Lateef The Complete Yusef Lateef
The Blue Yusef Lateef The Blue Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef [Cadet] Yusef Lateef [Cadet]
Yusef Lateef's Detroit Yusef Lateef's Detroit
The Diverse The Diverse
Expressions Expressions
Suite 16 [Atlantic] Suite 16 [Atlantic]
The Diverse Yusef Lateef The Diverse Yusef Lateef
Part of the Search Part of the Search
Hush 'N' Thunder Hush 'N' Thunder
The Gentle Giant The Gentle Giant
Ten Years Hence Ten Years Hence
The Doctor Is In & Out The Doctor Is In & Out
Autophysiopsychic Autophysiopsychic
In a Temple Garden In a Temple Garden
In Nigeria In Nigeria
Concerto for Yusef Lateef [live] Concerto for Yusef Lateef [live]
Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
Nocturnes Nocturnes
Meditations Meditations
Yusef Lateef's Encounters Yusef Lateef's Encounters
Heart Vision Heart Vision
Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Archie Shepp Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Archie Shepp
Plays Ballads Plays Ballads
Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Von Freeman Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Von Freeman
Tenors Featuring Rene McLean Tenors Featuring Rene McLean
Woodwinds Woodwinds
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
Yusef Lateef Plays Ballads Yusef Lateef Plays Ballads
Cantata Cantata
Suite Life Suite Life
Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the Soundtrack Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the Soundtrack
Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford
African-American Epic Suite African-American Epic Suite
Full Circle Full Circle
Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute
CHNOPS: Gold & Soul CHNOPS: Gold & Soul
Earth and Sky Earth and Sky
Sonata Fantasia Sonata Fantasia
The World at Peace [live] The World at Peace [live]
9 Bagatelles 9 Bagatelles
Like the Dust Like the Dust
Live at the Twentieth Montreux/Detroit Festival Live at the Twentieth Montreux/Detroit Festival
A   Gift: Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance A Gift: Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance
Live in Seattle Live in Seattle
Beyond the Sky Beyond the Sky
In the Garden [live] In the Garden [live]
Suite 16 [Collectables] Suite 16 [Collectables]
Live in London Live in London
10 Years Hence [live] 10 Years Hence [live]
1984 1984
Songs Performed by "Yusef Lateef"
Beauregard
Ameena
G' Bouk
A Private Cloud
Dejeuner
Back Talk
D Minor Dipper
Metaphor
Yusef's Mood
The Beginning
Morning
Blues in Space
Passion
Love Is Eternal
Pike's Peak
Open Strings
Before Dawn
Twenty-Five Minute Blues
Chang, Chang, Chang
Constellation
Seulb
Song of Delilah
Sounds of Nature
I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
8540 Twelfth Street
Check Blues
Gypsy Arab
Prayer to the East
A Night in Tunisia
Lover Man
Endura
Love Dance
All Alone
Meditation
If You Could See Me Now
Yesterdays
Sea Breeze
Love Theme from "The Robe"
Love Theme from "Spartacus"
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
You've Changed
All Alone
Anastasia
Minor Mood
Taboo
Lambert's Point
Mahaba
Take the 'A' Train
Playful Flute
Love and Humor
Buckingham
Meditation
Brazil
Let Every Soul Say Amen
Morning
Woody 'N You
Moon Tree
Half Breed
Stella by Starlight
Poor Butterfly
Valse Bouk
Arjuna
The Dreamer
Oboe Blues
Angel Eyes
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Sea Breeze
Dopolous
Cry! -Tender
Butter's Blues
Yesterdays
The Snow Is Green
If You Could See Me Now
Ecaps
I Remember You
Confessin' (That I Love You)
One Guy
Imagination
Andre's Bag
Soulnik
Hazing
Rip de Boom
Teef
I Need You
Back Yard
Sassy Ann
Goin' Home
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Quarantine
From Within
Salt Water Blues
Lateef Minor 7th
Adoration
Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)
Revelation
Apathy
Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)
The Centaur and the Phoenix
Iqbal
Summer Song
The Philanthropist
Jungle Fantasy [*]
Titora [*]
Outside Blues
Soul Blues
Blue Rocky
Dexterity
Trudy's Delight
Introlude
Trian Stop
Big Foot
The Plum Blossom
Blues for the Orient
Ching Miau
Don't Blame Me
Love Theme from "Spartacus"
Snafu
Purple Flower
Love Theme from "The Robe"
The Three Faces of Balal
Rasheed
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)
Water Pistol
You've Changed
I'll Remember April
Koko's Tune
P. Bouk
Yusef's French Brother
Abana
India
You So Tender and Wistful
The Volga Rhythm Song
Trouble in Mind
The Good Old Roast Beef of England
Raisins and Almonds
Utopia
Ringo Oiwake
Sister Mamie
Number 7
Twelve Tone Blues
Oscarlypso [#]
Gee Sam Gee [#]
Rogi [#]
See See Rider
The Magnolia Triangle
The Weaver
Slippin' and Slidin'
Psychicemotus
Bamboo Flute Blues
Semiocto
Why Do I Love You?
First Gymnopedie
Medula Sonata
I'll Always Be in Love with You
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sister Mamie
Number 7
12 Tone Blues
See See Rider
The Magnolia Triangle
The Weaver
Slippin' and Slidin'
Yusef's Mood
I Remember Clifford
Listen to the Wind
I Loved
Song of Delilah
The Magnolia Triangle
Sister Mamie
Number 7
Twelve Tone Blues
See See Rider
The Weaver
Brother John
P. Bouk
Nu-Bouk
Yusef's Mood
I Remember Clifford
Listen to the Wind
I Loved
Delilah
The Magnolia Triangle [Alternate Version]
1984
Try Love
Soul Sister
Love Waltz
One Little Indian
Listen to the Wind
Warm Fire
Gee Sam Gee
The Greatest Story Ever Told [The Greatest Story Ever Told]
Nile Valley Blues
Psyche Rose
Warm Hearted Blues
Kyoto Blues
Chuen Blues
Feeling Alright
Robbie
Sound Wave
Feather Comfort
Blind Willie
Road Runner
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Oasis
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
Exactly Like You
The Golden Flute
Rosetta
Head Hunters
The Smart Set
Rosalie
In the Evening
Kongsberg
Stay With Me
Sea Line Woman
Brother
You're Somewhere Thinking of Me
Juba Juba
Like It Is
Othelia
Moon Cup
Back Home
Get Over, Get Off and Get On
Six Miles Next Door
Sun Dog
Bishop School
Livingston Playground
Eastern Market
Belle Isle
Russell and Elliot
Raymond Winchester
Woodward Avenue
That Lucky Old Sun
Chandra
Live Humble
A Long Time Ago
Eboness
Taboo
All Alone
Anastasia
Lambert's Joint
Mahaba
Minor Mood
Nocturne
When a Man Loves a Woman
Buddy and Lou
Down in Atlanta
Symphonic Blues Suite
Live Humble
A Long Time Ago
Eboness
Chandra
K.C. Shuffle
Oatsy Doatsy, Pt. 1
Soul's Bakery
Lunceford Prance
Rockhouse
Oatsy Doatsy, Pt. 2
In the Still of the Night
Superfine
Strange Lullaby
Big Bass Drum
Gettin' Sentimental
Oatsy Doatsy
Come Sunday
The Hump
Opus, Pts. 1 & 2
This Old Building
Prayer
Sunset
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Destination Paradise
Nubian Lady
Lowland Lullabye
Hey Jude
Jungle Plum
The Poor Fisherman
African Song
Queen of the Night
Below Yellow Bell
The Improvisers
Hellbound
Mystique
Mississippi Mud
Mushmouth
Technological Homosapien
Street Musicians
In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)
Robot Man
Look on the Right Side
Yl
Communication
Sister Mamie
Mu, Omi (Drink Water)
Drama Village
Akima (Birth)
Blues in the Adaji
Lalit (Lovers' Separation)
Curved Spacetime
Ruwa Maizurufi (Deep Water)
First Movement: Chaconne
Second Movement: Allemande
Third Movement: Moresca
Fourth Movement: Mode`
Fifth Movement: Baguala
Sixth Movement: Allegro
Seventh Movement: Fantasia
Eighth Movement: Scherzo
Ninth Movement: Rondeau
Tenth Movement: Passacaglia
Eleventh Movement: Interlude
First Movement: Larghissimo
Second Movement: Andante
Third Movement: Moderato
Fourth Movement: Presto
Warm Intensity
Estuary
Indefinite Expansion
Closed Space
Compassion Duration
Visible Particles
While on Earth
Elementary Substance
Soft Light
Life Property
Luminous Energy
Essential Element
Meditation No. 1
Meditation No. 2
Meditation No. 3
Meditation No. 4
Meditation No. 5
Meditation No. 6
Meditation No. 7
Meditation No. 8
Meditation No. 9
Meditation No. 10
Meditation No. 11
Meditation No. 12
Meditation No. 13
Meditation No. 14
Meditation No. 15
Meditation No. 16
5th Encounter (Pay Attention to One's Willingness to Love)
1st Encounter (Clouds Gradually Change Their Form and Frequency of Ap)
6th Encounter (The Knowledge That You Are in Pursuit of, When Obtaine)
4th Encounter (Softness of Speech, Motivated by Good Intent, Is a Hum)
12th Encounter (Discovery Unlike Axiety Can Be Illuminating)
11th Encounter (Fuel the Imagination With Wonder)
8th Encounter (The Appearance of Dark Clouds Are Not Always Followed)
2nd Encounter (Intuition Is Embellished by Experience)
7th Encounter (A Human Being's Exixtence Signals the Arrival of Many)
9th Encounter (Is Your Judgement Motivated by Piety?)
3rd Encounter (An Assemblage of Information Techniques at Your Comman)
15th Encounter (The Rigidity of Selfishness Is an Unintelligent Condi)
Vision 2
Vision 3 [Alternate Version]
Vision 1
Vision 7
Vision 6
Vision 4 [Alternate Version]
Vision 3
Vision 2 [Alternate Version]
Vision 5
Vision 1 [Alternate Version]
Vision 4
You Know What I Mean
Monk Remembered
Thong
Selim
Dr. Emilio
In the Valley
Odd a Little
Ammons Remembered
Windy City
Freddie Webster
South Side
Swing Lee
Quality Control
Ike Day
Delta Market Place
King Kolax
Because They Love Me
Humility
Virtue
Me Brothers' and Sisters' Keeper
Signs
Good Will
Altruism
A Spiritual
In This House
Cry Like a Child
The Ark
Wish Them Well
Brother Man
Metamorphosis
The Shape of Feeling
Actuality Scenario
You Got That Right
Non-Conformity
Images of Particularity
Flacuss II
Back to the Roots
Biography of a Thought
Night Song
Beneath the Sky
Somewhere in the Forest
Twilight
Another Place
You Are Me
You Are Him
You Are Them
Inscape
All Are One
Acknowledgements, Air, Water, and Thought [Parlando]
Instrumental Ritornello #1
Five Part Intuition and the Flight [Parlando]
Hunting for a City [Acappella]
Instrumental Ritornello #2
Hold Your Light [Acappella]
Instrumental Ritornello #3
Bound to Go [Acappella]
Wrestle On [Acappella]
Plaque Party and Compassion Violation [Parlando]
Instrumental Ritornello #4
Not Weary Yet [Acappella]
Body Turn Around [Secco]
I Can't Stay Behind [Acappella]
Instrumental Ritornello #5
I Hear from Heaven Today [Acappella]
Instrumental Ritornello #6
Lay This Body Down [Acappella]
Minuet
Scherzo
Bourree
Lament
Fantasia
Courante
Allemande
Sarabande
Loure
Anglaise
Gigue
Spiritual /I Wanna Go Home [Slave Song]
Instrumental Gospel
Columbus
Discovery Parade
Instrumental Gospel II
Water Music
Belle Isle Bridge
Old Oak Trees
The Kite and the Moon
Instrumental Gospel III
Elegy for Louis Armstrong
Trees and Spaces
The Birth of Storyville
St. Louis Cathedral
The Quill
Piatza de Atalia
Instrumental IV
Ameriflora
Spirituality of Space
Franklin Park
Safe Environment
Spirituality of Space II
Belle Isle of Memory
Slave Revolts
Closing of Congo Square
Wood Etchings and Ring Games
Instrumental Gospel V
Centrality of Youth
Absence of Conflict
Irony of Discovery
Defremery Park
Sled Ride
Congo Square
Brother Moody
Brother Turrentine
Ibn Yl
Brother Rollins
Brother Heath
Brother Shorter
Brother Henderson
African as Non-American (First Movement)
Transmutation (2nd Movement)
Love for All (3rd Movement)
Freedom [4th Movement]
Dakpa
When the Saints Go Marching In
Love Poem
One Day
Ya Suragi No Uta [Song of Peace]
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Hexatology
Death in the Morning
Comparative Formation
Mental Images
Daydream
Illusion
Received Idea
Caprice
Filled With Fancies
Monadic Venture
Vision
Preoccupation With Thought
On the Other Side of Zero
Visionary Notion
Perception
Chnops
Sound Chamber
Anomaly
Fancy Meeting
Inordinate
Factoring
Bass Case
Quotient
Pensively
Content of a Lunch Box
Shadow of Leaves
Earth and Sky
Doohrehtorb
What's the Color of Our Actions
Precious Moments
Lufhturt
Noitulba
Doohrehtorb No. 2
Noissapmuc
Introduction
Adagio
Allegretto
Scherzo
Molto Adagio
Presto
Codetta
Ramifications
Coltrane Remembered
Africa 35
Chaos #3
Beloved
Like a Secret Argosy
Masara #2
A Feather in the Bright Sky
Ourobouros
Beyond Futility
Dreaming of the Skyway
Peace and Love
Overlay
Wheel of Life
Encore
Free Soil
Civil Liberties
Exempt
Natural Motion
Unfettered
Flurry
Immunity
Air in Motion
Unimpeded
Like the Dust
A Golden Opportunity
As Thought
Unless
Elsewhere
Noble Wishes
Than
Replacement
More Over
Shifted Paradigm
While
Other
Transfer
Dislocation
Where
Someplace
Evasion
I See the Flowers
Further
Solipsism
Parallel Universes
Special Relativity
Super Symmetry
Logical Absurdity
Phase Transition
Force Free Motion
Entrophy
Intersection
Small Scales
Towards Andromedia
In Motion
Palette
Mount Shasta
Puget Sound
Hold Your Light
Ear Shot
Live in Seattle
I See the Rainbow
North West Passage
Rainbow in Oregon
Kampong
Mountain Path
Beyond The Sky
Orgin Of A Mother Tongue
Evanescent Symmetries
Handful of Gifts
Within Yourself
Three Dreams
Lqbal Remebered
Sun Cup
Hunger And Tears
Beyond The Sky, Pt. 2
Little Tree
Nanna
Morphic Resonance
Lobelia, Euphorbia, Rock
Trace Elements
Root Pressure
Amanita
Formative Impulses, Pt. 1 - Branch
Formative Impulses, Pt. 2 - Rain
Formative Impulses, Pt. 3 - Seed
Moisture Droplet
Chaotic Attractors
Buddy and Lou
Down in Atlanta
Nocturne
When a Man Loves a Woman
Michelle
Symphonic Blues Suite: First Movement; Folia
Symphonic Blues Suite: Second Movement; Minuet (Hybird, Atonal)
Symphonic Blues Suite: Third Movement; Blues (Twelve Measure Form) ...
Symphonic Blues Suite: Fourth Movement; Passacaglia
Symphonic Blues Suite: Fifth Movement; Chorale/Symphonic Blues ...
Symphonic Blues Suite: Seventh Movement; Blues, Coda
Introduction by Ronnie Scott
I'll Remember April
Imagination
Yusef's Mood
New Year Blues
Ask the Post
Trouble in Mind
Number Seven
Samba de Amor (Fantasy): Samba de Amor, Pt. 1/Time Montage/Samba de Amo
Yusef's Mood
But Beautiful
A Flower
I Be Cold
1984
Try Love
Soul Sister
Love Waltz
One Little Indian
Listen to the Wind
Warm Fire
Gee Sam Gee
The Greatest Story Ever Told [The Greatest Story Ever Told]
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Under Your Skin Interviews: Stanley Clarke and Lenny White   Dec 10, 2009 09:35:05
... Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch" Perry", Mike Stern, Henry Rollins, ...
2010 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert   Dec 02, 2009 18:50:57
... Bill Holman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross, Cedar Walton, and George Avakian (AB Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy). ...
Sounds So Real: Yes, There is a Band Called Child Abuse and, No, We...   Dec 02, 2009 16:44:35
... toy keyboard in tow — and Canfield and Dahl pursued jazz careers, with Canfield playing regularly with greats such as Stanley Clarke and Yusef Lateef. ...
Zim plans feast for jazz lovers   Dec 05, 2009 17:23:42
The communion with the high priests of jazz, Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef and contemporaries such as trumpeter Wynton Marsalis marked so profound a beginning ...
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