Search results for "Yusef Lateef"

Yusef Lateef: Playful Flute (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

"Mohammedan leanings are shown by many bebop musicians," Life magazine reported in 1948 at the height of a short-live...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Yusef Lateef: Number 7 (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

This terrific set from Yusef Lateef's mid-'60's residency at Pep's Lounge in Philadelphia reveals a handful of fine, ...

Yusef Lateef: The Plum Blossom (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Master reedman Yusef Lateef was playing “world music” before the genre had a title. As early as the mid-1950s African...

Yusef Lateef: Transmutation (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

In the context of Yusef Lateef's African-American Epic Suite, "Transmutation" refers to the metamorphosis of blacks a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Yusef Lateef (featuring Elvin Jones): Water Pistol (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

The fours and eights traded by Yusef Lateef and Elvin Jones towards the end of this track make it the bolt-from-the-b...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Yusef Lateef: The Centaur and the Phoenix (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

This album is filled to the brim with noteworthy events – the first recorded composition from a 17-year-old Kenny Bar...

Charles Mingus: Half-Mast Inhibition (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Mingus began "Half-Mast Inhibition" at age 18, but left it unfinished for 20 years. As tempting as it might be to cal...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans) posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef is a prolific iconoclast who doubles on a number of instruments from around the ...

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny", piano; b. Philadelphia, June 9, 1943. His father William was a quiet man who worked in const...

Heath, "Tootie" (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Albert “Tootie” Heath's clean, self-assured interactions and impeccable swing feel made him a first-call drummer amon...

Rudolph, Adam (C.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rudolph, Adam (C.), composer and percussionist; b. Hyde Park, Chicago, IL, 12 September 1955. HiS parents are Rbert R...

The Best Jazz Web Links: Feb 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages February 29, 08

Below are the best jazz web links featured on jazz.com during February 2008. Can a computer learn to c...

Workman, Reggie (Reginald) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09

Bassist Reggie Workman has cultivated an advanced understanding of hard bop and avant-garde jazz through his many yea...

Williams, Jessica (Jennifer) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

"Don't ever let anyone stop you," is what Jessica Williams was once told by another relentlessly talented pianist, Ma...

Harris, Barry (Doyle) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Barry Harris seamlessly blends bebop’s lyrical phrasing with an exceptional accompanying style, drawn from hi...

Eisenstadt, Harris (Brett) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eisenstadt, Harris (Brett), drummer/composer; b. Toronto, Canada, 4 September 1975. His parents are David Michael Eis...

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair), trumpeter, flugelhorn, flutist, composer, actor; b. Los Angeles, CA, 29 September 1952...

Clarke, Kim (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Clarke, Kim (A.), acoustic, electric upright and electric five-stringed bass, bandleader, composer, publisher, clini...

Zebley, Matthew (Noel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Zebley, Matthew (Noel), multi-reed instrumentalist, composer, educator; b. Sault Ste. Marie, MI, 19 June 1971. While ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

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