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His new book, duets for treble clef instruments, is a remarkable gift to the musical world from one of the greatest artists of the twentiethcentury, a visionary with vast. Lateef had long been interested in eastern music, long before john coltrane had ever shown any public interest anyway. One of multiinstrumentalist and composer yusef lateefs most enduring recordings, eastern sounds was one of the last recordings made by the band that lateef shared with pianist barry harris after the band moved to new york from detroit, where the jazz scene was already dying. I came across a reference to an essay by david pope, an exstudent of lateef, called diverse compositional techniques in yusef lateefs african american epic suite first movement the african as nonamerican, from a journal called ex. Yusef lateefs flute book of the blues and the repository of scales and melodic patterns have had a profound affect upon my growth as a flutist and composer. The first band i played with was a high school band here in detroit. The gentle giant vinyl yusef lateef the blue yusef lateef vinyl yusef lateef yusef lateefs detroit. Lateef, yusef, yusef lateef man with the big front yard. The albums got an approach thats a bit more in the prestige mode of lateef s career in that it features a fair bit of tenor sax work, blown with a straighter soul bop approach and not as much of the more exotic reed passages that appeared on other albums, especially his sides.
Yusef lateef yusef lateefs detroit blue yusef the best of yusef lateef gentle giant hush. In part 1 of my conversation with yusef, he spoke about growing up in detroit, why the saxophonists in dizzy gillespies big band had to keep. During the last half century, yusef lateef has successively reinvented himself as a swingera tenor, worldmusic pioneer, and orchestral composer. He had a big tenor sound that always reminded me of dexter gordon. Nujabess the final view sample of yusef lateefs love. 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. Lateef was born in chattanooga, tennessee, but his family moved to detroit, michigan in 1925. Longitude 83 is an album by multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef recorded in 1969 and released on the atlantic.
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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. Yusef lateef was a grammy awardwinning musical explorer who played an array of exotic instruments and was among the first to combine jazz with elements of what became known as world music. Check out his version of nat coles straighten up and fly right from his album the golden flute on impulse. See more ideas about yusef lateef, jazz musicians and jazz. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Yusef lateef, yusef lateef man with the big front yard amazon. Yusef lateef the complete recordings 19591962 jetzt kaufen. He was a fixture on the detroit jazz scene of the 50s where he studied flute at wayne state university. Find yusef lateef discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. With a band that included detroit jazz gods roy brooks on drums and kenny burrell on guitar, blue mitchell on trumpet, hugh. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.
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Yusef lateef yusef lateefs detroit full album youtube. Yusef lateef the man with the big front yard discogs. In 1950 he returned to detroit, where he began to study composition and flute at wayne state university, receiving his early training in flute from larry teal. Ernie farrow alice coltranes big brother plays the afghani rabat and. Yusef abdul lateef born william emanuel huddleston. Yusef lateef was born on october 9, 1920 in chattanooga, tennessee, usa as william emanuel huddleston.
See more ideas about yusef lateef, jazz musicians, jazz. The final view by nujabes sampled yusef lateefs love theme from spartacus. He was, even before ahmad jamal, an early convert to islam, hence the name change. He and dorn did no less than ten during their tenure together at atlantic. Yusef lateef associated pressthe detroit news, ricardo thomas guest book highlights. His family moved, in 1923, to lorain, ohio, and again in 1925, to detroit, michigan, where his father changed the familys name to evans throughout his early life lateef came into contact with many detroit based jazz musicians who went on to gain prominence, including vibraphonist milt jackson, bassist paul chambers. Elsewhere lateef deploys a bigger, funkier ensembleindeed, the 1969 sessions originally issued as yusef lateefs detroit feature percolating performances by. Download brother mp3 the man with the big front yard cd1. Download mp3 the sounds of yusef album of yusef lateef. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Elsewhere lateef deploys a bigger, funkier ensembleindeed, the 1969 sessions originally issued as yusef lateef s detroit feature percolating performances by the likes of pianist eric gale and bernard purdie. Live at ronnie scotts 1966 remastered highresaudio. Yusef lateefs detroit adds a large cast of altantic studio musicians and.
He also converted to islam in the ahmadiyya movement and took the name yusef lateef. From 19551959 he led a quintet including curtis fuller, hugh lawson, louis hayes and ernie farrell. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. 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. The blue yusef lateef yusef lateef free internet radio. Detroitraised flutist, oboe player and tenor saxophonist bill yusef lateef huddleston 1920, who had briefly played with dizzy gillespie 194950, converted to islam in the 1950s as was fashionable in those days and moved to new york in 1959 to study flute. Yusef lateef grew up in detroit and began on tenor when he was 17. Yusef lateef part of the search vinyl mp3 album download. Now 32 jazz has reissued the cream of his atlantic recordings on the man with the big front yard.
Yusef lateef tribute mix part 1 by gillespeterson published on 20140205t14. Albums include eastern sounds, psychicemotus, and yusef lateefs detroit. He died on december 23, 20 in shutesbury, massachusetts, usa. One little indian actually opened side 2 of the original lp. Brought up in detroit, where he lived until moving to new york in the late 1950s, yusef lateefs early years as a professional musician were spent in the. This is a previously unreleased 1966 live club performance from yusef lateef, the brilliant multiinstrumentalist whose mixing of jazz and eastern music was a great influence on some of the finest musicians of the era including john coltrane and pharaoh sanders. Yusef lateef at the detroit jazz festival 2007 photo andrew krupp yusef lateef 2007 photo john rogers. Jazz from detroit offers a mosaic portrait of a larger scene. Download dexterity mp3 lost in sound of yusef lateef. Started on altosax but changed to tenorsax, influenced by lester young.
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