Yusef Lateef

Real Name:
Yusef Abdul Lateef (née William Emanuel Huddleston)
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American jazz musician, artist, composer, and producer.

Born: 9 October 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
Died: 23 December 2013 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (aged 93).

Lateef was a jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in America, following his conversion to Islam in 1950. 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 non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto.

Lateef had an inquisitive spirit and was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. He did not care much for the term "jazz", consistently creating music that stretched (and even broken 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 a talented jazz soloist on the oboe, was an occasional bassoonist, and introduced such instruments as the arghul (a double clarinet that resembles a bassoon), shanai (a type of oboe), and different types of flutes.

Lateef played "world music" long before the term was coined.
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MG 1211J, MG-12115 Stable Mates — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef / A.K. Salim Yusef Lateef / A.K. Salim - Stable Mates Savoy Records, Savoy Records MG 1211J, MG-12115 US 1957 Sell This Version
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MG V-8217 Before Dawn: The Music Of Yusef Lateef — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Before Dawn: The Music Of Yusef Lateef (Album) Verve Records MG V-8217 US 1957 Sell This Version
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MG 12103, MG-12103 Jazz Mood — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Jazz Mood (Album) Savoy Records, Savoy Records MG 12103, MG-12103 US 1957 Sell This Version
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MG 12109 Jazz For The Thinker — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Jazz For The Thinker (Album) Savoy Records MG 12109 US 1957 Sell This Version
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MG 12117, MG-12117 Prayer To The East — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Prayer To The East (Album) Savoy Records, Savoy Records MG 12117, MG-12117 US 1957 Sell This Version
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MG 12120 Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature (Album) Savoy Records MG 12120 US 1958 Sell This Version
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LP-634 Lateef At Cranbrook — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Lateef At Cranbrook (Album, EP, Comp) Argo (6) LP-634 US 1958 Sell This Version
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NJLP 8218 Other Sounds — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Other Sounds (Album) New Jazz NJLP 8218 US 1959 Sell This Version
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NJLP 8234 Cry! – Tender — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Cry! – Tender (Album) Prestige, New Jazz NJLP 8234 US 1960 Sell This Version
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RLP 337 The Centaur And The Phoenix — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef The Centaur And The Phoenix (Album) Riverside Records RLP 337 US 1960 Sell This Version
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RLP 1176 The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef (Album) Riverside Records RLP 1176 US 1960 Sell This Version
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CJM 8009 Color Changes — Yusef Lateef Clark Terry Featuring... Yusef Lateef Clark Terry Featuring... Yusef Lateef - Color Changes(LP, Album, Mono, Promo) Candid CJM 8009 US 1961 Sell This Version
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NJLP 8272 Into Something — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Into Something (Album) New Jazz, New Jazz NJLP 8272 US 1961 Sell This Version
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888 202 ZY Eastern Sounds — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Eastern Sounds (Album) Moodsville 888 202 ZY UK 1961 Sell This Version
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PLP-814-S Lost In Sound — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Lost In Sound (Album) Charlie Parker Records PLP-814-S US 1962 Sell This Version
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688 505 ZL Louis Hayes — Yusef Lateef Louis Hayes, Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris (2), Sam Jones Louis Hayes, Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris (2), Sam Jones - Louis Hayes (Album) Fontana 688 505 ZL Germany 1963 Sell This Version
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A-56 Jazz 'Round The World — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Jazz 'Round The World (Album) Impulse! A-56 US 1964 Sell This Version
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DL-407 Yusef — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef With Donald Byrd Yusef Lateef With Donald Byrd - Yusef (Album) Delmark Records DL-407 US 1965 Sell This Version
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L-32-92, A-92 Psychicemotus — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Psychicemotus (Album) Impulse!, Impulse! L-32-92, A-92 US 1965 Sell This Version
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PR 7398, PRST 7398 The Sounds Of Yusef — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef The Sounds Of Yusef (Album) Prestige, Prestige PR 7398, PRST 7398 US 1965 Sell This Version
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A-84 1984 — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef 1984 (Album) Impulse! A-84 US 1965 Sell This Version
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MAS-90216 Live At Pep's — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef Live At Pep's (Album) Impulse! MAS-90216 US 1965 Sell This Version
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AS-9117, A-9117 A Flat, G Flat And C — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef A Flat, G Flat And C (Album) Impulse! AS-9117, A-9117 US 1966 Sell This Version
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IP 9125 The Golden Flute — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef The Golden Flute (Album) Impulse! IP 9125 US 1967 Sell This Version
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TP-1499, M 81499 The Complete Yusef Lateef — Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef The Complete Yusef Lateef (Album) Atlantic TP-1499, M 81499 US 1968 Sell This Version