A pioneer of global and modal jazz, the multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef is only beginning to have his importance in the history of the music properly acknowledged. After languishing ...

Yusef Lateef was an avid explorer of musics and philosophies from all over the world. Credit: Riverside Records album cover detail As vinyl continues its unlikely resurgence for a music media format, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Friday marks the centennial birthday of Yusef Lateef, the late legend of “jazz” who ...

A high quality reissue of Yusef Lateef’s 1957 debut Jazz Mood was long overdue and this OJC edition does not disappoint. Each OJC release is sourced from fresh lacquers cut directly from the original ...

It’s a shame that Yusef Lateef is relegated to the second tier of jazz musicians, left as an artist who is known more for his work as a sideman. His abilities as a multi-instrumentalist place him a ...

The late jazz multi-instrumentalist, a bluesy experimentalist, was known for his soulful, internationally flavored music. He died Monday at 93.... The multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, famed in the ...

The late Yusef Lateef, saxophonist, flutist and composer, was raised in the musical environment of 1930s Detroit, its clubs and ballrooms. We spoke to him about his Detroit memories, including as an ...

Craft Recordings is pleased to announce the second title in its one-step series, Small Batch: Yusef Lateef's 1961 classic, Eastern Sounds. Originally released on Moodsville (an imprint of the ...

Trinosophes are hosting shows on the sidewalk outside of the venue, and they note that masks must be worn and there are no public restrooms available. So be warned. This Saturday and then again on ...

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Saturday's concert by jazz innovator Yusef Lateef figures to be a particularly memorable evening. There's the simple fact that Lateef is here at all: Now 88, the influential and idiosyncratic ...