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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Yusef Lateef • The Gentle Giant

 

 

William Emanuel Huddleston, (n. Chattanooga, 9 de octubre de 1920 ; m. Sutesbury (Massachusetts), 23 de diciembre de 2013), mejor conocido como Yusef Lateef, fue un músico estadounidense que tocaba la flauta, el oboe y el saxo tenor, encuadrado habitualmente como músico de jazz, aunque su ámbito estilístico era el de la vanguardia musical en general: hard bop, new age, músicas del mundo, etc.
Lateef creció en Detroit y empezó tocando el saxo tenor a los 17 años. Trabajó con Lucky Millinder (1946), Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge y con la big band de Dizzy Gillespie (1949-50). Durante los años cincuenta se inició en el estudio de la flauta en la Wayne State University.

Comenzó a grabar como líder en 1955 para el sello Savoy y más tarde para Riverside y Prestige. En 1959, se trasladó a Nueva York, cuando ya tenía una sólida reputación por su versatilidad y su tendencia a utilizar instrumentos creados por él.
En 1960, tocó con Charles Mingus, acompañó a Donald Byrd y trabajó con el Cannonball Adderley Sextet (1962-1964).
Con Impulse! (1963-1966) grabó algunos de sus mejores trabajos, como también lo fueron los grabados para Atlantic (1967-76).
En los años ochenta se dedicó a la enseñanza en Nigeria y su música prestó atención al new age, ampliando sus intereses en los noventa y llegando a grabar improvisación pura con músicos como Ricky Ford, Archie Shepp y Von Freeman. [WIKI]
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Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America, 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. 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."[2]
 Lateef wrote and published a number of books including 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.[3] Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing company. Lateef published his own work through Fana, which includes Yusef Lateef's Flute Book of the Blues and many of his own orchestral compositions.
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Tracks:
01 Nubian Lady (6:38)
02 Lowland Lullaby (2:12)
03 Hey Jude (9:10)
04 Jungle Plum (4:57)
05 Poor Fishermen (3:39)
06 African Song (4:49)
07 Queen of the Night (2:12)
08 Below Yellow Bell (5:02)


Credits:
Kermit Moore - Cello
Bill Salter - Bass (Electric)
Jimmy Johnson, Jr. - Drums
Lew Hanh Engineer - Remixing
Bill Jones - Bass
The Sweet Inspirations - Vocals (Background)
Yusef Lateef - Oboe, Piano (Electric), Sax (Tenor), Bamboo Flute, Flute, Guitar, Piano
Kenny Barron - Piano (Electric), Piano
Neal Boyer - Chimes, Vibraphone, Percussion
Ladzi Cammara - African Percussion
Bob Cunningham - Bass
Eric Gale - Guitar
Albert “Tootie” Heath - Drums, Flute
Jimmy Johnson - Drums
Ray Bryant - Piano (Electric), Piano
Sam Jones - Bass
Chuck Rainey - Bass







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