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Yusef Lateef
Person · male · United States · Chattanooga · born 1920 · died 2013 · recording since 1957
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)
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Also known as ユセフ・ラティーフ · Lateef Yussef · William Emanuel Evans · William Emanuel Huddleston · Yuseef Lateef · Yusef Abdul Lateef · +1 more
Timeline
63 events▣ Album 60◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Stable Mates
First documented release in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1960s
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,176 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1364559415
Biography
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 the United States.
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, shehnai, 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 titled A Night in the Garden of Love and Another Avenue, the short story collections Spheres and Rain Shapes, and 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. He published his own work through Fana, including Yusef Lateef's Flute Book of the Blues and many of his orchestral compositions.
Early life and career
Lateef was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as William Emanuel Huddleston. His family moved, in 1923, to Lorain, Ohio, and again in 1925, to Detroit, Michigan, where his father changed the family's name to Evans.
Throughout his early life, Lateef came into contact with many Detroit-based jazz musicians who gained prominence, including vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Elvin Jones and guitarist Kenny Burrell. Lateef was a proficient saxophonist by the time of his graduation from high school at the age of 18, when he launched his professional career and began touring with a number of swing bands. The first instrument he bought was an alto saxophone but after a year he switched to the tenor saxophone, influenced by the playing of Lester Young.
In 1949, he was invited by Dizzy Gillespie to tour with his orchestra. In 1950, Lateef returned to Detroit and began his studies in composition and flute at Wayne State University.
It was during this period that he converted to Islam as a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and changed his name. He twice made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Prominence
Lateef began recording as a leader in 1957 for Savoy Records, a non-exclusive association which continued until 1959; the earliest of Lateef's album's for the Prestige subsidiary New Jazz overlap with them. Musicians such as Wilbur Harden (trumpet, flugelhorn), bassist Herman Wright, drummer Frank Gant, and pianist Hugh Lawson were among his collaborators during this period. In 1960, they played an extended gig at the Minor Key, a non-alcoholic club at Dexter and Burlingame in Detroit.
By 1961, with the recording of Into Something and Eastern Sounds, Lateef's dominant presence within a group context had emerged. His "Eastern" influences are clearly audible in all of these recordings, with spots for instruments like the rahab, shanai, arghul, koto and a collection of Chinese wooden flutes and bells along with his tenor and flute. Even his use of the western oboe sounds exotic in this context; it is not a standard jazz instrument. Indeed, the tunes themselves are a mixture of jazz standards, blues and film music usually performed with a piano/bass/drums rhythm section in support. Lateef made numerous contributions to other people's albums, including during his period as a member of saxophonist Cannonball Adderley's Sextet during 1962–64.
In the late 1960s, he began to incorporate contemporary soul and gospel phrasing into his music (albeit with a strong blues underlay) on albums such as Detroit and Hush 'N' Thunder
Hush 'n' ThunderSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracksA1Come Sunday2:36A2The Hump4:45A3Opus Part I / Opus Part II8:02A4This Old Building2:41B1Prayer3:15B2Sunset7:53B3His Eye Is on the Sparrow5:34B4Destination Paradise3:48, presaging the emergence of jazz fusion. Lateef expressed a dislike of the terms "jazz" and "jazz musician" as musical generalizations. As is so often the case with such generalizations, the use of these terms does understate the breadth of his sound. In the 1980s, Lateef experimented with new-age and spiritual elements.
In 1960, Lateef returned to school, studying flute at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He received a bachelor's degree in music in 1969 and a master's degree in music education in 1970. Starting in 1971, he taught courses in "autophysiopsychic music" at the Manhattan School of Music, and he became an associate professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
In 1975, Lateef received an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst; his dissertation was a comparative study of Western and Islamic education. Thereafter, he served as a senior research fellow at the Center for Nigerian Cultural Studies at Ahmadu Bello University throughout the early 1980s. Returning to the United States in 1986, he took a joint faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Hampshire College.
Later career
His 1987 album Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
Yusef Lateef's Little SymphonySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracksA1First Movement: Larghissimo8:00A2Second Movement: Andante7:52B1Third Movement: Moderato10:04B2Fourth Movement: Presto6:57 won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording His core influences, however, were clearly rooted in jazz, and in his own words: "My music is jazz."
In 1992, Lateef founded YAL Records. In 1993, he was commissioned by the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne to compose The African American Epic Suite, a four-part work for orchestra and quartet, based on themes of slavery and disfranchisement in the United States. The piece has since been performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
In 2005, Nicolas Humbert & Werner Penzel, directors of Step Across The Border, filmed Brother Yusef, in his wooden house in the middle of a forest in Massachusetts. In 2010, he received the lifetime Jazz Master Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an independent federal agency. Established in 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award is the highest honor given in jazz.
The Manhattan School of Music, where Lateef had earned a bachelor's and a master's degree, awarded him its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012.
His last albums were recorded for Adam Rudolph's Meta Records. To the end of his life, Lateef continued to teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Smith College, and Hampshire College in western Massachusetts. Lateef died of prostate cancer on the morning of December 23, 2013, at the age of 93, survived by his wife, Ayesha, and son, Yusef.
Following his death, Lateef's family auctioned off many of his instruments, in the hopes that they would continue to be played. Woodwind player Jeff Coffin purchased Lateef's main tenor saxophone, as well as his bass flute.
In October 2020, the UMass Fine Arts Center celebrated the centenary of Lateef's birth by producing "Yusef Lateef: A Centenary Celebration", a major online exhibit of his work curated by Glenn Siegel and others. The centenary includes "100 Responses to Yusef Lateef", a series of video tributes by many prominent artists and former Lateef collaborators and students.
Personal life
Lateef said that what he remembered most about his childhood was "My passion for nature."
In 1980, Lateef declared that he would no longer perform any place where alcohol was served. In 1999, he said: "Too much blood, sweat and tears have been spilled creating this music to play it where people are smoking, drinking and talking."
Lateef's first wife, Tahira, predeceased him, as did a son and a daughter.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 30 | 90.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 101 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 60 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 63 | 99.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 56 | 95.5th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (101 release groups · 60 studio albums)
Albums · 60
1957 · studio album
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A1Passion4:07A2Love Is Eternal6:35A3Pike's Peak5:34A4Open Strings6:19B1Before Dawn5:31B2Twenty-Five Minute Blues5:32B3Chang, Chang, Chang3:01B4Constellation4:471957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 38:40
A1Metaphor8:08A2Yusef's Mood8:35A3The Beginning4:12B1Morning10:38B2Blues in Space7:071957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks
1Happyology2O’ Blues3Midday4Polarity5Space1957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 44:47
1Prayer to the East8:192A Night in Tunisia9:553Lover Man6:374Endura13:105Love Dance6:461958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
A1Sounds of NatureA2Check BluesA3I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t GoodA48540 12th StB1Song of DelilahB2SeulbB3Gypsy Arab1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 36:38
A1All Alone5:06A2Anastasia4:15A3Minor Mood9:36B1Taboo9:13B2Lambert’s Point4:43B3Mahaba3:45The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:23
A1Goin’ Home5:05A2I’m Just a Lucky So and So4:39A3Quarantine7:03A4From Within4:15B1Salt Water Blues6:50B2Lateef Minor 7th5:01B3Adoration4:34B4Ma — He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me4:561960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:12
A1Sea Breeze3:12A2Dopolous3:18A3Cry! — Tender6:01A4Butter’s Blues5:45B1Yesterdays4:24B2The Snow Is Green3:13B3If You Could See Me Now4:49B4Ecaps6:301960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks
A1One GuyA2I’m Confessin’A3SoulnikB1Andre’s BagB2I Remember YouB3Imagination1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 37:47
A1Revelation5:53A2Apathy5:20A3Ev’ry Day (I Fall in Love)6:55B1The Centaur and the Phoenix5:33B2Iqbal4:48B3Summer Song5:22B4The Philanthropist3:561961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 37:35
A1Grantstand9:09A2My Funny Valentine9:10B1Blues in Maude's Flat15:05B2Old Folks4:111961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:17:12
1Sea Breeze3:122Dopolous3:183Cry! — Tender6:014Butter’s Blues5:455Yesterdays4:246The Snow Is Green3:137If You Could See Me Now4:498Ecaps6:309outside blues3:1210soul blues3:2611Blue rocky4:2712Dexterity6:0613Trudy's delight4:1614Introlude4:1115Train stop4:0516Big foot3:4717Love is eternal6:301961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:53
1The Plum Blossom5:032Blues for the Orient5:403Ching Miau3:194Don’t Blame Me4:575Love Theme From “Spartacus”4:156Snafu5:427Purple Flower4:328Love Theme From “The Robe”4:029Three Faces of Balal2:231962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 33:29
A1Outside Blues3:12A2Soul Blues3:26A3Blue Rocky4:27A4Dexterity6:06B1Trudy's Delight4:16B2Introlude4:11B3Train Stop4:05B4Big Foot3:461962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
A1RasheedA2When You’re SmilingA3Water PistolA4You’ve ChangedB1I’ll Remember AprilB2Koko’s TuneB3P Bouk1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:04
A1Abana2:20A2India4:09A3You, So Tender and Wistful2:29A4Yusef’s French Brother4:10A5The Volga Rhythm Song2:03B1Trouble in Mind3:12B2The Good Old Roast Beef of England2:31B3Raisins and Almonds3:05B4Utopia2:47B5Ringo Oiwake4:181965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:27
A1Blues7:01A2Tortion Level6:31A3Woodyn' You7:20A4Dancing in the Dark7:45B1Parisian Thoroughfare14:50B2Yusef5:35B3Shaw Nuff6:251966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:42
A1Road Runner4:47A2Straighten Up and Fly Right3:29A3Oasis4:26A4(I Don’t Stand) a Ghost of a Chance With You4:07A5Exactly Like You2:57B1The Golden Flute3:56B2Rosetta3:54B3Head Hunters4:35B4The Smart Set7:311966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:29
A1Warm Hearted Blues4:34A2Nile Valley Blues3:45A3Robbie2:40A4Psyche Rose2:31A5Chuen Blues4:45B1Feather Comfort5:16B2Blind Willie2:40B3Feelin’ Alright3:07B4Sound Wave3:57B5Kyoto Blues4:141966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:50
A119848:16A2Try Love2:13A3Soul Sister3:05A4Love Waltz4:30B1One Little Indian2:37B2Listen to the Wind6:12B3Warm Fire4:21B4Gee Sam Gee5:21B5The Greatest Story Ever Told3:151966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 39:40
A1Psychicemotus5:05A2Bamboo Flute Blues4:02A3Semiocto4:31A4Why Do I Love You?6:32B1First Gymnopédie3:29B2Medula Sonata6:35B3I’ll Always Be in Love With You4:42B4Ain’t Misbehavin’4:441968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:24
A1Rosalie5:28A2In the Evening6:41A3Kongsberg6:12B1Stay With Me5:19B2See Line Woman6:24B3Brother4:57B4You're Somewhere Thinking of Me3:231968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:05
A1Juba Juba4:20A2Like It Is7:32A3Othelia4:31A4Moon Cup3:16B1Back Home4:59B2Get Over, Get Off and Get On3:41B3Six Miles Next Door4:41B4Sun Dog3:05Yusef Lateef’s Detroit Latitude 42° 30′ Longitude 83°
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 31:02
A1Bishop School3:00A2Livingston Playground3:37A3Eastern Market4:15A4Belle Isle3:12B1Russell and Eliot4:47B2Raymond Winchester2:35B3Woodward Avenue2:11B4That Lucky Old Sun7:251970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 27:40
A1Live Humble6:45A2A Long Time Ago6:36B1Eboness4:42B2Chandra9:371970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 34:47
A1Buddy and Lou3:12A2Down in Atlanta4:14A3Nocturne4:02A4When a Man Loves a Woman3:18A5Michelle1:42B1First Movement: Folia2:21B2Second Movement: Minuet (Hybrid, Atonal)2:11B3Third Movement: Blues (Twelve Measure Form) Variational (interlude)6:53B4Fourth Movement: Passacaglia2:04B5Fifth Movement: Chorale, Sixth Movemen: Blues (extended form)2:12B6Seventh Movement: Blues, Coda2:381972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:39
A1Nubian Lady6:38A2Lowland Lullabye2:12A3Hey Jude9:10B1Jungle Plum4:57B2The Poor Fisherman3:39B3African Song4:49B4Queen of the Night2:12B5Below Yellow Bell5:021973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:34
A1Come Sunday2:36A2The Hump4:45A3Opus Part I / Opus Part II8:02A4This Old Building2:41B1Prayer3:15B2Sunset7:53B3His Eye Is on the Sparrow5:34B4Destination Paradise3:481974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:30
A1K.C. Shuffle3:54A2Oatsy Doatsy0:39A3Souls Backery2:27A4Lunceford Prance3:25A5Rockhouse3:41A6Oatsy Doatsy0:15B1In the Still of the Night3:36B2Superfine3:25B3Strange Lullaby4:15B4Big Bass Drum3:00B5Gettin Sentimental9:531976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:21
A1The Improvisers7:56A2Hellbound6:38A3Mystique7:42B1Mississippi Mud2:54B2Mushmouth6:29B3Technological Homosapien5:19B4Street Musicians2:57B5In a Little Spanish Town (T'was on a Night Like This)3:261977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 37:42
A1Morning15:15A2Brazil2:31B1Let Every Soul Say Amen3:40B2Woody'n You16:161977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 40:32
1Something You Got6:152Flute Song8:133Saudade5:524Sandu7:225Spain5:476Hombre Del Sol7:031977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 39:18
A1Robot Man6:39A2Look on the Right Side5:10A3YL (Pronounced Eel)7:59B1Communication9:23B2Sister Mamie10:071983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 36:00
A1High Life7:00A2The Mood5:00A3C.N.C.S.6:00B1North Africa1:30B2Koroso6:00B3O. Blues Revisited5:30B4Mud Theater5:001985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 37:32
A1Mu, Omi5:58A2Drama Village5:40A3Akima (Birth)6:18B1Blues in Adaji5:27B2Lalit (Lover’s Seperation)3:56B3Curved Spacetime5:22B4Ruwa Maizurufi4:51Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 32:53
A1First Movement: Larghissimo8:00A2Second Movement: Andante7:52B1Third Movement: Moderato10:04B2Fourth Movement: Presto6:571988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 37:50
1First Movement: Chaconne7:042Second Movement: Allemande4:003Third Movement: Moresca2:524Fourth Movement: Mode2:175Fifth Movement: Baguala2:196Sixth Movement: Allegro3:407Seventh Movement: Fantasia3:398Eighth Movement: Scherzo2:279Ninth Movement: Rondeau5:3510Tenth Movement: Passacaglia1:2111Eleventh Movement: Interlude2:361989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:26
1Warm Intensity4:452Estuary2:343Indefinite Expansion2:344Closed Space5:125Compassion Duration4:566Visible Particles2:337While On Earth4:508Elementary Substance4:309Soft Light1:4910Life Property2:3911Luminous Energy2:3712Essential Element5:271992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:52
1You Know What I Mean6:292Monk Remembered5:133Thong13:364Selim7:065Dr. Emilio8:336In the Valley4:447Odd a Little10:218Ammons Remembered2:501993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 58:16
1Metamorphosis10:202The Shape of Feeling6:293Actuality Scenario6:284You Got That Right4:085Non-Conformity6:236Images of Particularity4:247Flacuss II5:528Back to the Roots4:329Biography of a Thought9:401993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 59:51
1Night Songs7:142Beneath the Sky3:483Somewhere in the Forest3:354Twilight4:415Another Place6:336You are Me4:437You are Him3:398You are Them10:189Inscape2:5710All are One12:231993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 44:47
1Prayer to the East8:192A Night in Tunisia9:553Lover Man6:374Endura13:105Love Dance6:461993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:07:38
1Because They Love Me11:302Humility8:043Virtue10:354My Brothers' and Sisters' Keepers11:275Signs7:416Good Will6:477Altruism11:34The African American Epic Suite
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 46:04
11st Movement: The African as Non-American6:1622nd Movement: Transmutation12:4033rd Movement: Love for All11:4644th Movement: Freedom15:221996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:26
1Comparative Formation3:392Mental Images3:403Daydream0:344Illusion3:395Received Idea5:386Caprice6:157Filled With Fancies2:278Monadic Venture3:409Vision6:1910Preoccupation With Thought5:0411On The Other Side Of Zero5:1412Visionary Notion6:2513Perception2:52Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:11:18
1Brother Moody6:442Brother Turrentine9:543IBN YL12:254Brother Rollins11:565Brother Heath7:546Brother Shorter7:147Brother Henderson15:112000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:11:31
1Beyond the Sky3:082Origin of a Mother Tongue4:313Evanescent Symmetries8:434Handful of Gifts6:585Within Yourself9:036Three Dreams8:217Iqbal Remembered9:148Sun Cup5:179Hunger and Tears11:4910Beyond the Sky, Part 24:272000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:00
1Solipsism5:002Parallel Universes5:503Special Relativity4:084Super Symmetry6:425Logical Absurdity4:176Phase Transition8:167Force Free Motion4:288Entrophy4:119Intersection4:1210Small Scales4:5511Towards Andromedia7:4212In Motion3:3513Palette3:442002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:22
1Hazing3:332Rip De Boom5:173Teef9:504I Need You7:345Back Yard5:476Sassy Ann4:247Hazing (alternate)3:438Rip De Boom (alternate)5:209Teef (alternate)6:4910I Need You (alternate)7:0911Sassy Ann (alternate)3:562004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 36:35
1Juba Juba4:232Like It Is7:353Othelia4:384Moon Cup3:195Back Home5:036Get Over, Get Off and Get On3:467Six Miles Next Door4:468Sun Dog3:052005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:42:13
Disc 11Shafaa10:102Si tout ceci n'est qu'un pauvre rêve10:043Après le jeu6:504Influence17:415Orgatique7:55Disc 21An Afternoon in Chatanooga5:102Morning12:223Metaphor8:464Iqbal5:115Brother John13:496Le jardin4:152007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 42:47
1Meditation 13:512Meditation 25:243Meditation 33:544Meditation 42:585Meditation 52:006Meditation 61:267Meditation 72:158Meditation 82:029Meditation 93:1210Meditation 101:3411Meditation 112:0012Meditation 123:0313Meditation 131:3314Meditation 142:4615Meditation 152:0116Meditation 162:482010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 47:37
1Concerto For Brother Yusef: First Train1:282Concerto For Brother Yusef: Southside5:293Concerto For Brother Yusef: Reflections7:154Concerto For Brother Yusef: Mysterious Affinities1:495Concerto For Brother Yusef: Six Trees2:326Concerto For Brother Yusef: A Better Day3:267Percussion Concerto (For Adam Rudolph): First Movement19:498Percussion Concerto (For Adam Rudolph): Second Movement5:492012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 34:32
1Roots Run Deep I4:492Cream Puff2:203Where is Lester5:044Motherless Child5:325Goodbye7:266Interior Monologue3:087Roots Run Deep Il6:132015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:08
1If I Should Lose You6:042A Flick of a Trick7:463Blues in Maude's Flat14:594Old Folks4:095Reaching Out5:216One for Elena6:057Someday My Prince Will Come6:268Falling in Love with Love5:239Baby You Should Know It9:1010Our Miss Brooks6:452016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:55
1In a Temple Garden5:152Bismillah4:063Confirmation6:534Nayaz3:025Jeremiah6:276Honky Tonk3:557How I Loved You3:558Morocco4:22The 1957 Sessions: October (B)
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:14:48
1Playful Flute4:182Taboo9:103Ecaps6:344All Alone5:065Anastasia4:136Love and Humor6:137Buckingham5:098Lambert’S Point4:449Meditation4:4210Mahaba3:4911Minor Mood9:3712Take the A Train11:13The 1957 Sessions: October (A)
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:19:24
1Song of Delilah8:2128540 Twelfth Street4:253I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good6:194Check Blues6:405Prayer to the East8:176A Night in Tunisia9:497Lover Man6:388Endura13:089Love Dance6:4410Sram5:3711Gypsy Arab3:262020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:40:47
1Beauregard3:352O’Blues9:113Happyology11:154Midday7:545Polarity7:056Ameena7:087Space5:538Metaphor8:069Morning10:3610The Beginning4:1011G.Bouk10:1512Blues in Space7:0513Yusef’s Mood8:34Festival International De Jazz (Live, Montreux 1970)
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:12:57
1Yusef’s Mood (Live)9:532These Foolish Things (Live)8:583Soul Flute (Live)6:124The Road Back (Live)6:595Stone Henge (Live)11:366Off Minor (Live)6:067A Blues (Live)14:278Vibration (Live)8:46
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| 1957 | Stable MatesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 36:38A1G. Bouk10:11 A2Ameena7:08 A3Beauregard3:35 B1Back Talk3:40 B2Dejeuner2:53 B3D Minor Dipper4:13 B4A Private Cloud4:58 | 1957 | ||
| 1978 | Gong!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:28:57Disc 1 A1Prayer to the East8:20 A2I Got It Bad6:17 A38540 12th Street4:15 A4Sounds of Nature3:40 B1Suelb6:10 B2Lover Man6:35 B3Check Blues6:40 B4Gypsy Arab3:20 Disc 2C1Night in Tunisia9:40 C2Love Dance6:45 C3Sram5:55 D1Endura13:00 D2Delilah8:20 | Compilation | 1978 | |
| 1991 | EncountersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks15th Encounter 21st Encounter 36th Encounter 44th Encounter 512th Encounter 611th Encounter 78th Encounter 82nd Encounter 97th Encounter 109th Encounter 113rd Encounter 1215th Encounter | 1991 | ||
| — | La FleurSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 51:591Inside Atlantis (Live)9:19 2Lowland Lullaby (Live)3:13 3Eboness (Live)5:41 4Yusef's Mood (Live)5:56 5A Flower (Live)5:46 6The Untitled (Live)22:04 | — |
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New YorkSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 44:32A1Introduction1:56 A2Gemini11:36 A3Planet Earth7:54 B1Dizzy’s Business6:59 B2Syn-Anthesia7:00 B3Scotch and Water5:52 B4Cannon’s Theme3:15 | Live | 1962 | |
| 1963 | Jazz Workshop Revisited: Recorded ‘live’ in San FranciscoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 46:20An Opening Comment or Two by Cannonball…0:52 A1Primitivo9:13 A2Jessica’s Birthday6:31 A3Marney6:55 Another Few Words…0:26 B1The Jive Samba11:02 B2Lillie4:44 B3Mellow Buno5:52 Time to Go Now…really!0:45 | Live | 1963 | |
| 1965 | Live at Pep’sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 39:40A1Sister Mamie5:27 A2Number 79:39 A3Twelve Tone Blues4:50 B1See See Rider5:22 B2The Magnolia Triangle5:16 B3The Weaver5:40 B4Slippin’ & Slidin’3:26 | Live | 1965 | |
| 1971 | The Best of Yusef LateefSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 30:59A1Buddy and Lou3:12 A2Live Humble6:43 A3Stay With Me5:20 B1Juba Juba4:20 B2In the Evenin'6:37 B3Russell and Elliot4:47 | Compilation | 1971 | |
| 1975 | 10 Years HenceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:19:10Disc 1 ASamba de amor (Fantasy)22:15 BYusef's Mood18:02 Disc 2C1But Beautiful12:25 C2A Flower8:29 DI Be Cold17:59 | Live | June 1975 | |
| 1976 | MorningSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:36:25Disc 1 A1Morning9:45 A2O'Blues9:00 A3Ameena7:00 B1Metaphor8:00 B2Yusef's Mood8:30 B3Blues in Space6:00 Disc 2C1G. Bouk10:00 C2Polarity7:00 C3Midday7:45 D1Happyology10:00 D2Space5:50 D3The Beginning4:15 D4Beauregard3:20 | Compilation | 1976 | |
| 1993 | Every Village Has a Song: The Yusef Lateef AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 2:06:48Disc 1 1Jump Did-Le Ba2:29 2The Blues Walk6:14 3Morning10:36 4You've Changed4:51 5The Plum Blossom5:00 6Love Theme From "Spartacus"4:07 7Revelation6:00 8Number 73:23 9See See Rider5:20 10Blues in Maude's Flat15:03 Disc 21Stay With Me5:23 2In the Evening6:43 3Russell and Eliot4:52 4Buddy and Lou3:15 5Nocturne4:04 6Gettin' Sentimental9:54 7Lunceford Prance3:04 8Come Sunday2:37 9The Lovers (Excerpt)4:27 10Nubian Lady6:37 11A Long Time Ago6:39 12In a Little Spanish Town (T'Was on a Night Like This)3:27 13This Old Building2:43 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1994 | The Diverse Yusef Lateef / Suite 16Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:03:061Live Humble6:49 2A Long Time Ago6:38 3Eboness4:45 4Chandra9:40 5Buddy & Lou3:15 6Down in Atlanta4:17 7Nocturne4:02 8When a Man Loves a Woman3:20 9Michelle1:44 10Symphonic Blues Suite, First Movement: Folia2:23 11Symphonic Blues Suite, Second Movement: Minuet (Hybrid, Atonal)2:15 12Symphonic Blues Suite, Third Movement: Blues Variational Interlude (Twelve Measure Form) & Variational Interlude6:57 13Symphonic Blues Suite, Fourth Movement: Passacaglia2:07 14Symphonic Blues Suite, Fifth Movement: Chorale & Sixth Movement: Blues (Extended Form)2:16 15Symphonic Blues Suite, Seventh Movement: Blues, Coda2:38 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Claiming Open SpacesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 32 tracks1Instrumental Gospel 2Columbus 3Discovery Parade 4Instrumental Gospel II 5Water Music 6Belle Isle Bridge 7Old Oak Trees 8The Kite and the Moon 9Instrumental Gospel III 10Elegy for Louis Armstrong 11Trees and Spaces 12The Birth of Storyville 13St. Louis Cathedral 14The Quill 15Piatza de Atalia 16Instrumental Gospel IV 17Ameriflora 18Spirituality of Space 19Franklin Park 20Safe Environment 21Spirituality of Space II 22Belle Isle of Memory 23Slave Revolts 24Closing of Congo Square 25Wood Etchings & Ring Games 26Instrumental Gospel V 27Centrality of Youth 28Absence of Conflict 29Irony of Discovery 30Defremery Park 31Sled Ride 32Congo Square | Soundtrack | 1994 | |
| 1997 | The World at PeaceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:44:47Disc 1 1Ramifications7:09 2Coltrane Remembered9:34 3Africa 355:32 4Chaos #33:54 5Beloved12:43 6Like a Secret Argosy1:32 7Masura #213:35 Disc 21A Feather in the Bright Sky5:22 2Ourobouros8:43 3Beyond Futility4:23 4Dreaming of the Skyway9:38 5Peace & Love3:27 6Overlay7:45 7Wheel of Life8:43 8Encore2:47 | Live | 19 February 1997 | |
| 1998 | The Man With the Big Front YardSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 31 tracks · 2:31:57Disc 1 1Rosalie5:29 2In the Evening6:42 3Kongsberg6:13 4Stay With Me5:22 5See Line Woman6:25 6Brother4:59 7You're Somewhere Thinking of Me3:26 8Bishop School3:03 9Livingston Playground3:41 10Eastern Market4:16 11Belle Isle3:15 12Russell and Eliot4:50 13Raymond Winchester2:38 14Woodward Avenue2:15 15That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)7:27 Disc 21Come Sunday2:34 2The Hump4:42 3Opus, Parts I & II8:08 4This Old Building2:42 5Prayer3:20 6Sunset7:53 7His Eye Is on the Sparrow5:32 8Destination Paradise3:53 Disc 31The Improvisers7:55 2Hellbound6:38 3Mystique7:40 4Mississippi Mud2:53 5Mushmouth6:28 6Technological Homosapien5:18 7Street Musicians2:55 8In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)3:25 | Compilation | 28 April 1998 | |
| 1999 | Live at Pep’s, Volume TwoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 58:411Brother John9:11 2P‐Bouk4:31 3Nu‐Bouk7:41 4Yusef’s Mood6:18 5I Remember Clifford6:14 6Listen to the Wind4:45 7I Loved4:29 8Delilah10:15 9The Magnolia Triangle (alternative version)5:17 | Live | 1999 | |
| 1999 | Live at the 20th Montreux Detroit FestivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks1Ode to Detroit 2Big Buddy 3Hold Your Light 4Delta Dance 5Luxor 6Little Buddy 7Jupiter Rising 8Multiclustenics | Live | 6 September 1999 | |
| 2000 | The Last Savoy SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 2:10:04Disc 1 1Oboe Blues5:50 2Angel Eyes5:14 3The Dreamer6:53 4Arjuna7:39 5Can't Help Lovin' That Man8:03 6Moon Tree5:48 7Stella by Starlight5:52 8Valse Bouk4:19 9Half Breed8:37 10Poor Butterfly6:39 Disc 218540 Twelfth Street4:27 2Check Blues6:41 3Prayer to the East8:20 4A Night in Tunisia9:56 5Lover Man6:41 6Endura13:14 7Love Dance6:47 8Gypsy Arab3:27 9Sram5:37 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2002 | The diverse Yusef LateefSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 27:54A1Live Humble6:51 A2A Long Time Ago6:39 B1Eboness4:46 B2Chandra9:38 | Compilation | 2002 | |
| 2003 | In the GardenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:42:06Disc 1 1Little Tree9:44 2Nanna4:52 3Morphic Resonance7:39 4Lobelia, Euphorbia, Rock7:26 5Trace Elements3:39 6Root Pressure15:46 Disc 21Amanita11:21 2Formative Impulses - Branch5:14 3Formative Impulses - Rain3:06 4Formative Impulses - Seed13:57 5Moisture Droplet8:57 6Chaotic Attractors10:25 | Live | 14 October 2003 | |
| 2005 | Beautiful FlowersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:15:071A Prayer to the East8:22 2Love Dance6:48 3Poor Butterfly6:41 4Check Blues6:41 5Angel Eyes5:14 6A Night in Tunisia9:57 7Lover Man6:41 8Endura13:14 9Gypsy Arab3:27 10Can't Help Lovin' That Man8:02 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2008 | Yusef’s Mood - Complete 1957 Sessions with Hugh LawsonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 46 tracks · 5:06:27Disc 1 1Beauregard3:36 2O’Blues9:12 3Happyology11:16 4Midday7:54 5Polarity7:05 6Ameena7:09 7Space5:54 8Metaphor8:07 9Morning10:36 10The Beginning4:10 Disc 21G. Bouk10:16 2Blues in Space7:06 3Yusef’s Mood8:34 4Passion4:06 5Love Is Eternal6:32 6Pike’s Peak5:32 7Open Strings6:16 8Before Dawn5:28 9Twenty Five Minute Blues5:29 10Chang Chang Chang2:59 11Constellation4:49 12Seulb6:14 13Sounds of Nature3:47 Disc 31Song of Delilah8:22 28540 Twelfth Street4:25 3I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good6:20 4Check Blues6:40 5Prayer to the East8:18 6A Night in Tunisia9:50 7Lover Man6:38 8Endura13:08 9Love Dance6:45 10Sram5:37 11Gypsy Arab3:26 Disc 41Playful Flute4:18 2Taboo9:10 3Ecaps6:34 4All Alone5:06 5Anastasia4:13 6Love and Humour6:13 7Buckingham5:10 8Lambert’s Point4:44 9Meditation4:43 10Mahaba3:50 11Minor Mood9:37 12Take the “A” Train11:13 | Compilation | 2008 | |
| 2008 | Introducing Yusef Lateef: The Atlantic YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 59:531Juba Juba4:21 2Back Home4:59 3Stay With Me5:20 4In the Evening6:42 5Woodward Avenue2:13 6Eastern Market4:15 7Russell and Eliot4:49 8Buddy and Lou3:15 9Nocturne4:01 10Live Humble6:45 11A Long Time Ago6:37 12Nubian Lady6:36 | Compilation | 21 January 2008 | |
| 2009 | At Cranbrook and ElsewhereSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:16:091Morning15:05 2Brazil2:55 3Let Every Soul Say Amen3:58 4Woody in You14:42 5The Beginning4:13 6Open Strings6:17 7Before Dawn5:29 8Love and Humor6:12 9Playful Flute4:17 10Taboo9:14 11Mahaba3:47 | Live | 2009 | |
| 2011 | Jungle FantasySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:15:501Revelation6:02 2Prayer For Passive Resistance3:53 3Bad Luck3:40 4Water Pistol5:40 5Open Strings6:18 6Jungle Fantasy2:42 7Blues For The Orient5:41 8Titoro2:25 9Soulnik5:48 10Mahaba3:44 11Hazing3:34 12Check Blues6:40 13Gypsy Arab3:26 14I'm Just A Lucky So And So4:39 15Mopo Shoe Blues6:08 16Before Dawn5:30 | Compilation | June 2011 | |
| 2013 | Eight Classic AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 55 tracks · 4:59:29Disc 1 1Metaphor8:05 2Yusef's Mood8:42 3The Beginning4:07 4Morning10:31 5Blues in Space7:03 6Oboe Blues5:47 7Angel Eyes5:11 8The Dreamer6:51 9Arjuna7:36 10Can't Help Lovin' That Man8:00 Disc 21Passion4:03 2Love Is Eternal6:31 3Pike's Peak5:30 4Open Strings6:14 5Before Dawn5:26 6Twenty-Five Minute Blues5:26 7Chang, Chang, Chang2:58 8Constellation4:47 9Moon Tree5:45 10Stella by Starlight5:49 11Valse Bouk4:15 12Half Breed8:35 13Poor Butterfly6:36 Disc 31Sea Breeze3:08 2Dopolous3:15 3Cry! - Tender5:56 4Butter's Blues5:42 5Yesterdays4:19 6The Snow Is Green3:10 7If You Could See Me Now4:45 8Ecaps6:28 9Goin' Home5:02 10I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So4:37 11Quarantine7:01 12From Within4:11 13Salt Water Blues6:46 14Lateef Minor 7th4:57 15Adoration4:32 16Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)4:52 Disc 41Revelation5:59 2Apathy5:23 3Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)6:56 4The Centaur & The Phoenix5:34 5Iqbal4:49 6Summer Song5:23 7The Philanthropist3:58 8The Plum Blossom4:54 9Blues for the Orient5:34 10Chinq Miau3:14 11Don't Blame Me4:53 12Love Theme From 'Sparctacus'4:09 13Snafu5:35 14Purple Flower4:26 15Love Theme From 'the Robe'3:57 16The Three Faces of Balal2:16 | Compilation | 2013 | |
| 2013 | Jazz Mood / Jazz and the Sounds of NatureSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:17:511Metaphor - Jazz Mood8:06 2Yusef’s Mood - Jazz Mood8:44 3The Beginning - Jazz Mood4:09 4Morning - Jazz Mood10:31 5Blues in Space - Jazz Mood7:05 6Seulb - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature6:14 7Song of Delilah - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature8:22 8Sounds of Nature - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature3:48 9I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature6:20 108540 Twelfth Street - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature4:26 11Check Blues - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature6:40 12Gypsy Arab - Jazz and The Sounds of Nature3:26 | Compilation | 1 January 2013 | |
| 2013 | Voice PrintsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 58:361Voice Prints30:18 2Sound Search20:11 3Harpers Ferry5:14 4Morning Moves2:53 | Live | August 2013 | |
| 2014 | Four Classic AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks · 2:38:23Disc 1 1Happyology11:13 2O’ Blues9:07 3Midday7:51 4Polarity7:03 5Space5:52 6The Plum Blossom4:58 7Blues for the Orient5:39 8Ching Miau3:18 9Don’t Blame Me4:58 10Love Theme From Spartacus4:15 11Snafu5:40 12Purple Flower4:31 13Love Theme From the Robe3:59 Disc 21The Three Faces of Balal2:19 2All Alone5:05 3Anastasia4:14 4Minor Mood9:34 5Taboo9:12 6Lambert’s Point4:42 7Mahaba3:46 8Rasheed5:22 9When You’re Smiling4:42 10Water Pistol5:39 11You’ve Changed4:53 12I’ll Remember April6:50 13Koko’s Tune6:28 14P.Bouk7:13 | Compilation | 2014 | |
| 2015 | 1984 / The Golden FluteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks11984 2Try Love 3Soul Sister 4Love Waltz 5One Little Indian 6Listen to the Wind 7Warm Fire 8Gee! Sam Gee 9The Greatest Story Ever Told 10Road Runner 11Straighten Up and Fly Right 12Oasis 13(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance With You 14Exactly Like You 15The Golden Flute 16Rosetta 17Head Hunters 18The Smart Set | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2015 | Before Down: The Music of Yusef Lateef + Jazz and the Sounds of NatureSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:38:361Passion4:06 2Love Is Eternal6:32 3Pike's Peak5:32 4Open Strings6:16 5Before Dawn5:28 6Twenty Five Minute Blues5:29 7Chang Chang Chang2:59 8Constellation4:49 9Sounds of Nature3:47 10Check Blues6:40 11I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good6:20 128540 12th St4:25 13Song of Delilah8:22 14Seulb6:14 15Gypsy Arab3:26 16Lambert's Point4:44 17Mahaba3:50 18Minor Mood9:37 | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Complete Recordings 1957-1959Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:561Oboe Blues5:51 2Angel Eyes5:14 3The Dreamer6:53 4Arjuna7:39 5Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man8:03 6Moon Tree5:48 7Stella By Starlight5:52 8Valse Bouk4:19 9Half Breed8:37 10Poor Butterfly6:40 | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2015 | Stable Mates + Jazz for the Thinker + Jazz MoodSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:59:241Beauregard3:36 2O'blues9:12 3Happyology11:16 4Midday7:54 5Polarity7:05 6Ameena7:09 7Space5:54 8G. Bouk10:16 9Metaphor8:07 10Morning10:36 11The Beginning4:10 12Yusef's Mood8:34 13Blues in Space7:06 14Taboo9:10 15All Alone5:06 16Anastasia4:13 | Compilation | 2015 | |
| 2017 | Live at Ronnie Scott'sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 42:501Angel Eyes9:10 2Blues From The Orient7:33 3Last Night Blues10:01 4Song Of Delilah5:18 5Yusef's Mood10:48 | Live | 2017 | |
| 2022 | The Prestige & Impulse CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 2022 | |
| 2024 | Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from AvignonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:32:13Disc 1 1Inside Atlantis12:30 2A Flower8:10 3Yusef's Mood17:23 4Lowland Lullaby3:55 Disc 21Eboness11:54 2I'm Getting Sentimental Over You12:32 3The Untitled25:49 | Live | 26 April 2024 | |
| 2025 | Golden Flower: Live in SwedenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:27:27Disc 1 1The Golden Flute6:33 2Blind Willie8:00 3One Little Indian3:51 4Straighten Up and Fly Right7:52 5The Poor Fisherman3:16 6Inside Atlantis15:01 Disc 21Eboness13:30 2Lowland Lullaby4:02 3A Flower5:20 4Yusef's Mood20:02 | Live | 5 December 2025 | |
| 2026 | Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz ShowcaseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 2:42:15Disc 1 AThe Untitled28:04 B1Mutually Exclusive14:20 B2Eboness13:02 Disc 2C1Inside Atlantis19:40 C2I Remember Webster8:18 D1Dunia10:21 D2Opus 1 & 217:09 Disc 3E1Golden Goddess13:44 E2Straighten Up & Fly Right13:37 FYusef's Mood24:00 | Live | 18 April 2026 | |
| — | Hush n ThunderSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 38:35A1Come Sunday2:36 A2The Hump4:45 A3Opus Part I / Opus Part II8:02 A4This Old Building2:41 B1Prayer3:15 B2Sunset7:53 B3His Eye Is on the Sparrow5:34 B4Destination Paradise3:49 | Soundtrack | — | |
| — | On PrestigeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:50:101The Plum Blossom (Rudy Van Gelder remaster)5:04 2When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) (album version)4:41 3Love Theme From Spartacus (remastered 2023)4:15 4Cry!-Tender (album version)5:57 5Take the "A" Train (album version)11:11 6Blues for the Orient (Rudy Van Gelder remaster)5:41 7Taboo (album version)9:11 8Yesterdays (album version)4:21 9Ching Miau (remastered 2023)3:20 10Rasheed (album version)5:21 11All Alone (album version)5:03 12Sea Breeze (album version)3:09 13Purple Flower (remastered 2023)4:32 14I'll Remember April (album version)6:49 15Don't Blame Me (remastered 2023)4:57 16Playful Flute (album version)4:16 17You've Changed (album version)4:52 18Dololous (album version)3:16 19Minor Mood (album version)9:33 20Meditation (album version)4:41 | Compilation | — |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rhino Hi-Five: Yusef LateefSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 24:361Prayer3:14 2K.C. Shuffle3:54 3A Long Time Ago6:34 4That Lucky Old Sun7:28 5In a Little Spanish Town3:26 | 14 February 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Yusef Lateef head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 30 | 90.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 101 | 97.9th |
| Studio albums | 60 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 63 | 99.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 56 | 95.5th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won | |
| — | NEA Jazz Masters | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yusef Lateef Sextet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Yusef Lateef Quintet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
| Cannonball Adderley Sextet(band) | — | present | |
| Yusef Lateef Quartet(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2968722f-03d8-4e2f-88bc-f9975f147503core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539832seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Lateefbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Lateef
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: historic figure (30 language versions, career ended)
Image: Tom Beetz · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q539832 · MusicBrainz: 2968722f-03d8-4e2f-88bc-f9975f147503
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