Yusef abdul lateef born william emanuel huddleston, october 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and educator. Live at the montreaux detroit jazz festival yal 000120. While remaining true to his roots in mainstream jazz, he added a new dimension. Yusef s wife was very generous on the prices, she wanted players to buy all the horns so they would be played, which was yusef s wish. A young detroit saxophonist interested in eastern music mastered the flute and exotic instruments. October 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya community. Savoy mg 12103 yusef lateef jazz moods savoy sjl 2205 yusef lateef morning. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. A composer whos hard to categorize march 3, 2005 yusef lateef began his career by playing jazz but that was over 65 years ago.
Mud theater in the early 1980s, famed jazz saxophonist and musical luminary yusef lateef traveled to nigeria as a senior research fellow to study, write, and teach at the centre for nigerian cultural studies at ahmadu bello university. With his powerfully preaching tenor sax tone and fluent, driving style he established himself as an influential presence in the motor city scene, forming his own quintet in 1955. Its unusual in that though issued under the name of veteran multi instrumentalist yusef lateef, the work was actually conceived by filmmaker nicolas humbert and engineer marc. We are removing our fees for every select subscription for 3 months to help support creators. In 1950, after a year on tour with dizzy gillespies band, yusef lateef returned to detroit, the city where he had grown up as a jazz musician.
Roots run deep by yusef lateef, released in 2012 on rogue art. Yusef abdul lateef was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya community in america. I made a playlist of 19 tracks of yusef on tenor on spotify, titled. Listen to your favorite songs from the three faces of yusef lateef by yusef lateef now. Yusef lateef is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest masters and innovators in the african american tradition of autophysiopsychic music that which comes from ones spiritual, physical and emotional self. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Atlantic sd 1525 yusef lateef s detroit latitude 42 degrees 30 longitude 83 degrees atlantic sd 1559 various artists jazz super hits, vol. There are many times when lateef is obviously the more listenable of the two, and then there are times when, upon closer listening, you hear the uniqueness of what freeman. Salim stable mates savoy mg 12125 various artists the many faces of blues savoy 4519 yusef lateef g bouk kenny clarke plenty for kenny. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with eastern music. Meditations, an album by yusef lateef on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Yusef lateef, nicolas humbert, marc parisotto roots run deep. Live entertainment for bars, venues and special events. View all albums and help us complete yusef lateef discography.
See more ideas about yusef lateef, jazz and jazz blues. They rarely play together, stepping aside for each others musings to be clearly heard. Lateef was born in chattanooga, tennessee, but his family moved to detroit, michigan in 1925. Yusef lateef cd discography the blue artist is in every possible way absolutely breathtaking. Download the blue yusef lateef by yusef lateef at juno download. Yusef abdul lateef born william emanuel huddleston. Download woody n you mp3 yusef lateef with donald byrd lp. Although lateef s main instruments were the tenor saxophone. Yusef lateef simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lateef, yusef nicolas humbert marc parisotto roots run deep rogueart. The stories cream puff, where is lester, goodbye and interior monologue are published in the. Yusef lateef is usually seen as a jazz player who has integrated african and asian music into his work instead of a worldmusic pioneer.
The second half introduces pioneering worldjazz reedsplayer yusef lateef. Yusef lateef roots run deep import cd spain import jazz 37601270389. Rogueart with nicolas humbert and marc parisotto released 2012 2005 influence. Download woody n you mp3 yusef lateef with donald byrd. Yusefs wife was very generous on the prices, she wanted players to buy all the horns so they would be played, which was yusefs wish. Yusef lateefs encounters by yusef lateef on amazon music. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Download woody n you mp3 yusef lateef with donald byrd lp of yusef lateef. Yusef lateef, a true survivor whose roots run very deep indeed. He won a grammy award in 1987 lateef mainly played the tenor saxophone and flute. Live at the olympia june 27, 2012 ahmad jamal, yusef lateef. Yusef lateef born william emanuel huddleston, october 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and educator and a renowned spokesman for the ahmadiyya muslim community after his conversion to islam in 1950. Yusef lateef the three faces of yusef lateef vinyl mp3.
He immersed himself in the moslem faith, and when he formed his own group in 1955, he changed his name to yusef lateef. When don cherry and others made their pivotal recordings in the early and mid70s, the t was making a string of eclectic atlantic recordings that obscured his. I know that the gold plated powell sold somewhere around 9,000, not sure about the other one though. Yusef lateef was a grammy awardwinning composer, performer, recording artist, author, visual artist, educator and philosopher who was a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. On this album lateef explores, in a painterly way, the border areas of the blues, in all their various guises and addresses both eastern and western cultures. Listen to your favorite songs from yusef lateefs encounters by yusef lateef now. Yusef lateef born october 9, 1920, chattanooga, tennessee, usa died december 23, 20, amherst, massachusetts, usa was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya muslim community in america, following his conversion to islam in 1950. Roots run deep forms a further installment in the ongoing strand of investigation into the marriage of words and music, which has found a home on the parisbased rogue art label, that also includes maison hantee 2009.
The black muslims in america, reflects on the state of africanamerican race relations in. Find yusef lateef discography, albums and singles on allmusic. October 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, 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 also used a number of nonwestern instruments such as the. In the garden by rex butters, published on may 1, 2004. The two coconspirators have evolved a compositional system so. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The dreamer is an album by multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef recorded in 1959 and released on the savoy label. Yal live album with corviniiodice roma jazz ensemble 2003 in the garden. Yusef lateef piano, tenor saxophone, flute, spoken words nicolas humbert composition, recording marc parisotto compositions, mixing roots run deep is a work conceived by nicolas humbert and marc parisotto based on the original readings and improvisations by yusef lateef. Yusef lateef tribute mix part 1 by gillespeterson published on 20140205t14. Although lateefs main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also used. October 9, 1920 december 23, 20 was an american jazz multiinstrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the ahmadiyya community in america although lateefs main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also used a number of nonwestern instruments such as the. Uniting 22 of our towns most interesting musicians including emily hay, bennie maupin, sara schoenbeck, chris heenan, cory wright, alex cline, and harris eisenstadt, in the garden features performances from the entire orchestra as well as moving duets by rudolph and lateef. Lateefs burly, brawny tone contrasts with the tartsour, bluesy ramblings of freeman.
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