Yusef Lateef discography

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

Discography

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As leader/co-leader

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Recording date Title / Co-leader Label Year released Notes
1957-04 Jazz for the Thinker Savoy 1957 Album from Savoy Records[1]
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.[2]
1983–07 In Nigeria Landmark 1985
1987–06 Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony Atlantic 1987 Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7]
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[8]

Compilation

  • The Last Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz, 2000)[2CD]

As a member

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

  • Universal Quartet (Blackout Music, 2009) – rec. 2008
  • Light (ILK Music, 2013) – rec. 2009

As sideman

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References

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  1. ^ "Yusef Lateef Catalog - album index". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef's elusive 1983 album Hikima: Creativity reissued for the first time". The Vinyl Factory. May 7, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Yusef Lateef". Recording Academy. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "YAL Records Catalog". Yusef Lateef. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Audrey Thomas McCluskey, ed. (2007). Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 153.
  6. ^ "lateef & weston concert". California State University, Los Angeles. April 13, 2001.
  7. ^ "Musical tribute planned in honor of Yusef Lateef". University of Massachusetts Amherst. September 13, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  8. ^ Jazz, All About. "Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef: Live At The Olympia album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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