Yusef Lateef
Born: 9th October 1920, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Died: 23rd December 2013, Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Nationality: American
Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, 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 non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "Eastern" music. Peter Keepnews, in his New York Times obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played world music before world music had a name".
Lateef's books included two novellas entitled A Night in the Garden of Love and Another Avenue, the short story collections Spheres and Rain Shapes, also his autobiography, The Gentle Giant, written in collaboration with Herb Boyd. Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing company.
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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Teddy Hill & His NBC Orchestra, John Smith (guitar), Sam Allen (piano), Richard Fulbright (bass), Robert Carroll (tenor saxophone), Bill Beason (drums), Russell Procope (clarinet), Teddy Hill (tenor saxophone), Shad Collins (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Russell Procope (alto saxophone), Howard Johnson (alto saxophone), Bill Dillard (vocal), Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra, Charlie Christian (electric guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Clyde Hart (piano), Cozy Cole (drums), Chu Berry (tenor saxophone), Lionel Hampton (vibraphone), Benny Carter (alto saxophone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Bill DeArango (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), J.C. Heard (drums), Al Haig (piano), Don Byas (tenor saxophone), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra, James Moody (tenor saxophone), Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone), Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone), Joe Harris (drums), John Collins (guitar), John Brown (alto saxophone), Elmon Wright (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Dave Burns (trombone), Ray Orr (trumpet), Matthew McKay (trumpet), Dave Burns (trumpet), William Shepherd (trombone), George Nicholas (tenor saxophone), Al McKibbon (bass), Chano Pozo Gonzales (congas), Kenny Clarke (drums), Ted Kelly (trombone), Benny Bailey (trumpet), Lammar Wright, Jr. (trumpet), Bill Shepherd (trombone), Kenny Hagood (vocal), Big Nick Nicholas (tenor saxophone), Dizzy Gillespie (vocal), Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone), James Forman (piano), Sabu Martinez (bongos), Joe Harris (congas), Teddy Stewart (drums), Ernie Henry (alto saxophone), Jesse Tarrant (trombone), Sam Hurt (trombone), Andy Duryea (trombone), Willie Cook (trumpet), Vince Guerra (congas), Al Gibson (baritone saxophone), Benny Harris (trumpet), Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone), Johnny Hartman (vocal), Joe Carroll (vocal), Charles Greenlea (trombone), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Joe Carroll and Ensemble (vocal), The Metronome All-Stars, Lennie Tristano (piano), Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone), Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone), Billy Bauer (guitar), Eddie Safranski (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Kai Winding (trombone), Fats Navarro (trumpet), Miles Davis (trumpet), Buddy DeFranco (clarinet) Pete Rugolo
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Eastern Sounds
Yusef Lateef (woodwinds), Barry Harris (piano), Lex Humphries (drums), Ernie Farrow (upright bass)
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Live At Pep's
Yusef Lateef, James Black (drums), Ernie Farrow (upright bass), Richard Williams (trumpet), Mike Nock (piano)
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The Greatest of Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), James Forman (piano), Al Gibson (baritone saxophone), Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone), Al McKibbon (bass), Teddy Stewart (drums), Vince Guerra (congas), Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone), John Brown (alto saxophone), Willie Cook (trumpet), Benny Harris (trumpet), Elmon Wright (trumpet), Charles Greenlea (trombone), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Andy Duryea (trombone), Ernie Henry (alto saxophone), Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra, Ray Brown (bass), J.C. Heard (drums), Bill DeArango (guitar), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Don Byas (tenor saxophone), Al Haig (piano), Big Nick Nicholas (tenor saxophone), Howard Johnson (alto saxophone), Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone), John Lewis (piano), Kenny Clarke (drums), John Collins (guitar), William Shepherd (trombone), Lammar Wright, Jr. (trumpet), Benny Bailey (trumpet), Ted Kelly (trombone), Luciano "Chano" Pozo (congas), Luciano "Chano" Pozo (background vocal), James Moody (tenor saxophone), Joe Harris (drums), Dave Burns (trombone), Ray Orr (trumpet), Matthew McKay (trumpet), Dave Burns (trumpet)
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