Yusef Lateef discography explained

A discography of the multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef (1920–2013).

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Recording dateTitle / Co-leaderLabelYear releasedNotes
1957-04Jazz for the ThinkerSavoy1957Album from Savoy Records[1]
1957-04Jazz Mood Savoy1957Debut album from the second recording session
1957-04Stable MatesSavoy1957Split album with A. K. Salim
1957-04Verve1958
1957–10Prayer to the EastSavoy1957
1957–10Jazz and the Sounds of NatureSavoy1958
1957–10The Sounds of YusefPrestige1958
1957–10Other Sounds
also released as Expression! (1969)		Prestige/New Jazz1959
1958–04Lateef at CranbrookArgo1958Live at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit
1959–06The DreamerSavoy1959
1959–06The Fabric of JazzSavoy1959
1957–10,
1959-10		Cry! – TenderPrestige/New Jazz1960
1960–05The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef
also released as This Is Yusef Lateef (1968)		Riverside1960
1960-10The Centaur and the PhoenixRiverside1960Bonus tracks are recorded in 1961
1961–08Lost in SoundCharlie Parker1962
1961–09Eastern SoundsPrestige/Moodsville1962
1961–12Into SomethingPrestige/New Jazz1962
1963–12Jazz 'Round the WorldImpulse!1964
1964–06Live at Pep's (Volume 1 & Volume 2)Impulse!1965Live at Pep's in Philadelphia
1965–021984Impulse!1965
1965–07Psychicemotus Impulse!1965
1965–12,
1966-01		Live in LondonHarkit 2004Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London
1966–03A Flat, G Flat and CImpulse!1966
1966–06The Golden FluteImpulse!1967
1967–06The Complete Yusef Lateef Atlantic1968
1968–04The Blue Yusef LateefAtlantic1968
1967–06,
1969-02		Yusef Lateef's DetroitAtlantic1969
1968–04,
1969-05		The Diverse Yusef LateefAtlantic1970
1970–04Suite 16Atlantic1970
1970–04,
1971-09		The Gentle GiantAtlantic1972
1972-05,
1972-09		Hush 'N' ThunderAtlantic1973
1971–09,
1973-04,
1973-05,
1973-12		Part of the SearchAtlantic1974
1974–0710 Years Hence Atlantic1975[2LP] Live recording at Keystone Korner with studio overdubs
1976–03The Doctor Is In... and OutAtlantic1976
1977–10AutophysiopsychicCTI1977With Art Farmer (trumpet)
1977–11At The Bottom LineYAL2006Live at The Bottom Line in NYC
1979–05In a Temple GardenCTI1979
1983?Hikima: CreativityAhmadu Bello University1983[LP] Research in Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies.
Reissued in 2019.[2]
1983–07In NigeriaLandmark1985
1987–06Yusef Lateef's Little SymphonyAtlantic1987Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording[3]
1986–05,
1988-03		Concerto for Yusef LateefAtlantic1988
1989?NocturnesAtlantic1989
1990?MeditationsAtlantic1990
1991–01Yusef Lateef's EncountersAtlantic1991Backing Vocals – Nnenna Freelon
1991Yusef Lateef's MetamusicYAL2020[CD] Limited edition[4]
1992–01Heart VisionYAL1992Recorded in Bentonia, Mississippi
1992–01Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp with Archie SheppYAL1992
1992?Concerto for WoodwindsYAL1992
1992–07Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Von Freeman with Von FreemanYAL1992
1992–12Yusef Lateef Plays BalladsYAL1993
1993–05Tenors featuring Rene McLeanYAL1993With René McLean (tenor saxophone)
1993–07WoodwindsYAL1993With Ralph M. Jones III
1993–10,
1993-11		The African-American Epic Suite (For Quintet and Orchestra)ACT1994Recorded at WDR Cologne
1993–12Metamorphosis ∞YAL/Bomba1994
1993–12Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the SoundtrackYAL1994Soundtrack of the documentary film Claiming Open Spaces (1995) by Austin Allen[5]
1994–05Suite LifeYAL1994
1994Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford with Ricky FordYAL/Bomba1996
1994–12CantataYAL1995Research album
1995-06The World at Peace (Music For 12 Musicians) with Adam RudolphYAL/Meta1997[2CD] Live at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles
1995–12Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for FluteYAL1996
1996–05Full CircleYAL1996
1997–01Earth and Sky (Tenors and Flutes) with Sayyd Abdul Al-KhabyyrYAL1997
1997Sonata Fantasia with Alex J. MarceloYAL1997
1997Chnops: Gold and SoulYAL1997
19989 BagatellesYAL1998
1998Like the Dust (Flutes, Guitars & Percussion)YAL1999
1999–01Live in Seattle with Adam RudolphYAL1999Live album
2000–02Beyond the Sky with Adam RudolphYAL/Meta2000In celeration of Lateef's 80th birthday year
2000A G.I.F.T. (Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance)YAL2000
2001So PeaceYAL2001Featuring Sylvia Cooper O'Daniel
2001-04Live at The Luckman Theater with Eternal WindYAL2001[CD / DVD-Video] Live at The Luckman Theater, California State University, Los Angeles[6]
2001Ear RiptusYAL2002With Matt Waugh
2002-02Homage To Yusef Lateef with Corvini & Iodice Roma Jazz EnsembleYAL2002Live at The Teatro Metastasio in Prato (Metastasio Jazz 2002)
2002-09A Tribute Concert for Yusef LateefYAL2002YAL's 10th Anniversary live album[7]
2003-03In the Garden with Adam Rudolph and "Go: Organic Orchestra" YAL/Meta2003[2CD] Live at The Electric Lodge in Los Angeles
2004–03,
2004-08		Roots Run DeepRogueArt2012With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto
2005–03Influence with Stéphane Belmondo and Lionel BelmondoB-Flat recordings2007[2CD]
2008–12Voice Prints with Roscoe Mitchell, Adam Rudolph and Douglas R. EwartMeta2013Live at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
2009-09Towards the Unknown with Adam RudolphMeta2010With Go: Organic Orchestra Strings.
Recorded at Roulette Intermedium in NYC.
2012-06Live at the Olympia with Ahmad JamalMeta2014[2CD + DVD-Video]
Live at The Olympia in Paris[8]
Compilation

As a member

Universal Quartet
(With Adam Rudolph, Kasper Tranberg and Kresten Osgood)

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley

With Curtis Fuller

With Charles Mingus

With others

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yusef Lateef Catalog - album index . Jazz Discography Project . June 23, 2022 .
  2. Web site: May 7, 2019 . Jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef’s elusive 1983 album Hikima: Creativity reissued for the first time . The Vinyl Factory . June 24, 2022 .
  3. Web site: Yusef Lateef . Recording Academy . June 24, 2022 .
  4. Web site: YAL Records Catalog . Yusef Lateef . June 23, 2022 .
  5. Book: Audrey Thomas McCluskey . Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004 . 153 . 2007 . Indiana University Press .
  6. Web site: April 13, 2001 . lateef & weston concert . .
  7. Web site: September 13, 2002 . Musical tribute planned in honor of Yusef Lateef . . June 23, 2022 .
  8. Web site: Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef: Live At The Olympia album review @ All About Jazz. All About. Jazz. All About Jazz. 2021-07-26. 2021-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029140511/https://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-olympia-ahmad-jamal-and-yusef-lateef-jazz-village-review-by-ian-patterson. live.

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