YUSEF LATEEF
Genres: Post Bop, Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, World Fusion, Classic Fusion, Blues, RnB, Third Stream, Soul Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Yusef Abdul Lateef (née William Emanuel Huddleston).  American jazz musician, artist, composer, and producer. Born: 9 October 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Died: 23 December 2013 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (aged 93). from discogs Yusef Lateef long had an inquisitive spirit and he was never just a bop or hard bop soloist. Lateef, who did not care much for the term "jazz," consistently created music that stretched (and even broke through) boundaries. A superior tenor saxophonist with a soulful sound and impressive technique, by the 1950s Lateef was one of the top flutists around. He also developed into the best jazz soloist to date on oboe, was an occasional bassoonist, and introduced such instruments as the argol (a double clarinet that resembles a bassoon), shanai (a type of oboe), and different types of flutes. Lateef played "world music" before it had a name and his output was much more creative than much of the read more...