Yusef Lateef
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Biography
[Edit]Yusef Lateef long had an inquisitive spirit and he was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. Lateef, who did not care much for the term "jazz," consistently created music that stretched (and even broke through) boundaries. A superior tenor saxophonist with a soulful sound and impressive technique, by the 1950s Lateef was one of the top flutists around. He also developed into the best jazz soloist to date on oboe, was 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 passed under that label in the '90s.
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 (1949-1950). He was a fixture on the Detroit jazz scene of the '50s 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 (1962-1964). As a leader, his string of Impulse! recordings (1963-1966) was among the finest of his career, although Lateef's varied Atlantic sessions (1967-1976) also had some strong moments. He spent some time in the '80s teaching in Nigeria.
His Atlantic records of the late '80s were closer to mood music (or new age) than jazz, but in the '90s (for his own YAL label) Lateef recorded a wide variety of music (all originals) including some strong improvised music with the likes of Ricky Ford, Archie Shepp, and Von Freeman. Lateef remained active as a composer, improviser, and educator (teaching at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst) into the 21st century, performing and recording as a leader and collaborator on such noteworthy recordings as Towards the Unknown with composer/percussionist Adam Rudolph (released in 2010, the same year Lateef was recognized as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts). Yusef Lateef died at his home in Shutesbury, Massachusetts in December 2013; he was 93 years old.
Title: The Universal Quartet
Artist: Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Kresten Osgood, The Universal Quartet, Kasper Tranberg
Title: Go: Organic Orchestra - In The Garden (Disc 2)
Artist: Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Voice Prints (feat. Douglas Ewart)
Artist: Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Roscoe Mitchell
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Christmas for Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Good Time Blues - The Ultimate Tenor Sax Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Songwriters: Jerome Kern
Genre: Jazz
Title: 20 Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
Genre: Jazz
Title: Impulsive! Unmixed
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Flute
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Jazz Flute
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Jazz: Legends, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz for Serenity
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Relaxing Jazz Music In the Universe
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Top 60: Jazz, Jive and Strut
Genre: Jazz
Title: Tenor Madness
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Jazz: Soul
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Fire! a Gilles Peterson Impulse Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Jazz: Great Moments In Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Detroit Jazz Giants
Genre: Jazz
Title: The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz For the Moon and the Stars
Genre: Jazz
Title: Nothing but Jazz Vol 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hommage à Nesuhi / Hommage a Nesuhi
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Little Magic In a Noisy World
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Influential Jazz Saxophonists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Very Best of Prestige Records (Prestige 60th)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Masters Play the Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Soul Bossanova Bonanza
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Mad Music Presents Authentic Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Story 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Compact Disc Club - Classic Jazz CD 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blaxploitation, Vol. 1 Disc 2
Genre: Disco
Title: Radio Algeria
Genre: World Music
Title: Gentle Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jazz-Club Tenor Sax
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Erotic Vol. 4
Title: 100 Jazz Essential Masterpieces (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chill-Out Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dinner Jazz - Verve 50
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Young Heavy Souls - Volume One
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Dancefloor
Title: The Most Romantic Jazz Horns And Winds
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Best Jazz Flute
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz For Meditation
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Phapsody Jazz (CD2)
Title: Jazz On The Road Route 5 (50 Original Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Late Night Jazz - The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Jazz Mag Jazzman Présente - L'âge D'or Du Jazz (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: DJ Maestro: Delicious Jazz - As You Like It
Genre: Jazz, Acid Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: DJ Maestro As You Like It Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Kings Of Classic Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Simply Dinner Jazz (CD4: Desserts)
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Black Fire New Spirits (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: La Boîte Noire De Radio Nova 1969
Genre: Rock, Reggae, Latin, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: Atlantic Jazz (Best Of The '60s, Volume 2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Nicola Conte Presents Spiritual Swingers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Harlem Sessions
Title: Coffee Table Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Most Essential Sax
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Prestige Profiles: Eric Dolphy (With Collector's Edition Bonus Disc)
Artist: Eric Dolphy
Genre: Jazz
Title: Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
