# Yusef Lateef discography

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

## Discography
### As leader/co-leader

| Recording date | Title / Co-leader | Label | Year released | Notes |
| 1957-04 | Jazz for the Thinker | Savoy | 1957 | Album from Savoy Records |
| 1957-04 | Jazz Mood | Savoy | 1957 | Debut album from the second recording session |
| 1957-04 | Stable Mates | Savoy | 1957 | Split album with A. K. Salim |
| 1957-04 | Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef | Verve | 1958 | |
| 1957–10 | Prayer to the East | Savoy | 1957 | |
| 1957–10 | Jazz and the Sounds of Nature | Savoy | 1958 | |
| 1957–10 | The Sounds of Yusef | Prestige | 1958 | |
| 1957–10 | Other Sounds also released as Expression! (1969) | Prestige/New Jazz | 1959 | |
| 1958–04 | Lateef at Cranbrook | Argo | 1958 | Live at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit |
| 1959–06 | The Dreamer | Savoy | 1959 | |
| 1959–06 | The Fabric of Jazz | Savoy | 1959 | |
| 1957–10, 1959-10 | Cry! – Tender | Prestige/New Jazz | 1960 | |
| 1960–05 | The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef also released as This Is Yusef Lateef (1968) | Riverside | 1960 | |
| 1960-10 | The Centaur and the Phoenix | Riverside | 1960 | Bonus tracks are recorded in 1961 |
| 1961–08 | Lost in Sound | Charlie Parker | 1962 | |
| 1961–09 | Eastern Sounds | Prestige/Moodsville | 1962 | |
| 1961–12 | Into Something | Prestige/New Jazz | 1962 | |
| 1963–12 | Jazz 'Round the World | Impulse! | 1964 | |
| 1964–06 | Live at Pep's (Volume 1 & Volume 2) | Impulse! | 1965 | Live at Pep's in Philadelphia |
| 1965–02 | 1984 | Impulse! | 1965 | |
| 1965–07 | Psychicemotus | Impulse! | 1965 | |
| 1965–12, 1966-01 | Live in London | Harkit | 2004 | Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London |
| 1966–03 | A Flat, G Flat and C | Impulse! | 1966 | |
| 1966–06 | The Golden Flute | Impulse! | 1967 | |
| 1967–06 | The Complete Yusef Lateef | Atlantic | 1968 | |
| 1968–04 | The Blue Yusef Lateef | Atlantic | 1968 | |
| 1967–06, 1969-02 | Yusef Lateef's Detroit | Atlantic | 1969 | |
| 1968–04, 1969-05 | The Diverse Yusef Lateef | Atlantic | 1970 | |
| 1970–04 | Suite 16 | Atlantic | 1970 | |
| 1970–04, 1971-09 | The Gentle Giant | Atlantic | 1972 | |
| 1972-05, 1972-09 | Hush 'N' Thunder | Atlantic | 1973 | |
| 1971–09, 1973-04, 1973-05, 1973-12 | Part of the Search | Atlantic | 1974 | |
| 1974–07 | 10 Years Hence | Atlantic | 1975 | [2LP] Live recording at Keystone Korner with studio overdubs |
| 1976–03 | The Doctor Is In... and Out | Atlantic | 1976 | |
| 1977–10 | Autophysiopsychic | CTI | 1977 | With Art Farmer (trumpet) |
| 1977–11 | At The Bottom Line | YAL | 2006 | Live at The Bottom Line in NYC |
| 1979–05 | In a Temple Garden | CTI | 1979 | |
| 1983? | Hikima: Creativity | Ahmadu Bello University | 1983 | [LP] Research in Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies. Reissued in 2019. |
| 1983–07 | In Nigeria | Landmark | 1985 | |
| 1987–06 | Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony | Atlantic | 1987 | Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording |
| 1986–05, 1988-03 | Concerto for Yusef Lateef | Atlantic | 1988 | |
| 1989? | Nocturnes | Atlantic | 1989 | |
| 1990? | Meditations | Atlantic | 1990 |
| 1991–01 | Yusef Lateef's Encounters | Atlantic | 1991 | Backing Vocals – Nnenna Freelon |
| 1991 | Yusef Lateef's Metamusic | YAL | 2020 | [CD] Limited edition |
| 1992–01 | Heart Vision | YAL | 1992 | Recorded in Bentonia, Mississippi |
| 1992–01 | Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp with Archie Shepp | YAL | 1992 | |
| 1992? | Concerto for Woodwinds | YAL | 1992 | |
| 1992–07 | Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Von Freeman with Von Freeman | YAL | 1992 | |
| 1992–12 | Yusef Lateef Plays Ballads | YAL | 1993 | |
| 1993–05 | Tenors featuring Rene McLean | YAL | 1993 | With René McLean (tenor saxophone) |
| 1993–07 | Woodwinds | YAL | 1993 | With Ralph M. Jones III |
| 1993–10, 1993-11 | The African-American Epic Suite (For Quintet and Orchestra) | ACT | 1994 | Recorded at WDR Cologne |
| 1993–12 | Metamorphosis ∞ | YAL/Bomba | 1994 | |
| 1993–12 | Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the Soundtrack | YAL | 1994 | Soundtrack of the documentary film Claiming Open Spaces (1995) by Austin Allen |
| 1994–05 | Suite Life | YAL | 1994 | |
| 1994 | Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford with Ricky Ford | YAL/Bomba | 1996 | |
| 1994–12 | Cantata | YAL | 1995 | Research album |
| 1995-06 | The World at Peace (Music For 12 Musicians) with Adam Rudolph | YAL/Meta | 1997 | [2CD] Live at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles |
| 1995–12 | Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute | YAL | 1996 | |
| 1996–05 | Full Circle | YAL | 1996 | |
| 1997–01 | Earth and Sky (Tenors and Flutes) with Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr | YAL | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Sonata Fantasia with Alex J. Marcelo | YAL | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Chnops: Gold and Soul | YAL | 1997 | |
| 1998 | 9 Bagatelles | YAL | 1998 | |
| 1998 | Like the Dust (Flutes, Guitars & Percussion) | YAL | 1999 | |
| 1999–01 | Live in Seattle with Adam Rudolph | YAL | 1999 | Live album |
| 2000–02 | Beyond the Sky with Adam Rudolph | YAL/Meta | 2000 | In celeration of Lateef's 80th birthday year |
| 2000 | A G.I.F.T. (Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance) | YAL | 2000 | |
| 2001 | So Peace | YAL | 2001 | Featuring Sylvia Cooper O'Daniel |
| 2001-04 | Live at The Luckman Theater with Eternal Wind | YAL | 2001 | [CD / DVD-Video] Live at The Luckman Theater, California State University, Los Angeles |
| 2001 | Ear Riptus | YAL | 2002 | With Matt Waugh |
| 2002-02 | Homage To Yusef Lateef with Corvini & Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble | YAL | 2002 | Live at The Teatro Metastasio in Prato (Metastasio Jazz 2002) |
| 2002-09 | A Tribute Concert for Yusef Lateef | YAL | 2002 | YAL's 10th Anniversary live album |
| 2003-03 | In the Garden with Adam Rudolph and "Go: Organic Orchestra" | YAL/Meta | 2003 | [2CD] Live at The Electric Lodge in Los Angeles |
| 2004–03, 2004-08 | Roots Run Deep | RogueArt | 2012 | With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto |
| 2005–03 | Influence with Stéphane Belmondo and Lionel Belmondo | B-Flat recordings | 2007 | [2CD] |
| 2008–12 | Voice Prints with Roscoe Mitchell, Adam Rudolph and Douglas R. Ewart | Meta | 2013 | Live at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis |
| 2009-09 | Towards the Unknown with Adam Rudolph | Meta | 2010 | With Go: Organic Orchestra Strings. Recorded at Roulette Intermedium in NYC. |
| 2012-06 | Live at the Olympia with Ahmad Jamal | Meta | 2014 | [2CD + DVD-Video] Live at The Olympia in Paris |
Compilation
* The Last Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz, 2000)[2CD]

### As a member

Universal Quartet (With Adam Rudolph, Kasper Tranberg and Kresten Osgood)
* Universal Quartet (Blackout Music, 2009) – rec. 2008
* Light (ILK Music, 2013) – rec. 2009