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Yusef Lateef

Born: Oct 9, 1920 in Chatanooga, TN

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Genre: New Age, Jazz

Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modern Creative, World Fusion

Biography: Yusef Lateef has long had an inquisitive spirit and he was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. Lateef, who does not care much for the name "jazz," has consistently created music that has stretched (and even broke through) boundaries. A superior tenor-saxophonist with a soulful sound and impressive ...Read full biography

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Eastern Sounds

Released: 1961

Label: OJC

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One of multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef's most enduring recordings, Eastern Sounds was one of the last recordings made by the band that Lateef shared with pianist Barry Harris after the ...Read full review

Live At Pep's

Released: 1964

Label: Impulse! Records

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This mid-'60s concert was one of Lateef's finest, as it perfectly displayed his multiple influences and interests. There were hard bop originals, covers of jazz classics like Oscar Pettiford's "Oscarlypso" ...Read full review

More Yusef Lateef albums: Main Albums (86), Compilations (15)

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