Yusef Lateef discography
A discography of the multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef (1920–2013).
Discography
As leader/co-leader
Recording date
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Title / Co-leader
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Label
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Year released
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Notes
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1957-04
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Jazz for the Thinker
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Savoy
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1957
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Album from Savoy Records[1]
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1957-04
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Jazz Mood
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Savoy
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1957
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Debut album from the second recording session
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1957-04
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Stable Mates
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Savoy
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1957
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Split album with A. K. Salim
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1957-04
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Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef
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Verve
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1958
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1957–10
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Prayer to the East
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Savoy
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1957
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1957–10
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Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
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Savoy
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1958
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1957–10
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The Sounds of Yusef
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Prestige
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1958
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1957–10
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Other Sounds also released as Expression! (1969)
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Prestige/New Jazz
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1959
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1958–04
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Lateef at Cranbrook
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Argo
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1958
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Live at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit
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1959–06
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The Dreamer
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Savoy
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1959
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1959–06
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The Fabric of Jazz
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Savoy
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1959
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1957–10, 1959-10
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Cry! – Tender
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Prestige/New Jazz
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1960
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1960–05
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The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef also released as This Is Yusef Lateef (1968)
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Riverside
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1960
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1960-10
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The Centaur and the Phoenix
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Riverside
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1960
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Bonus tracks are recorded in 1961
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1961–08
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Lost in Sound
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Charlie Parker
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1962
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1961–09
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Eastern Sounds
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Prestige/Moodsville
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1962
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1961–12
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Into Something
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Prestige/New Jazz
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1962
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1963–12
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Jazz 'Round the World
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Impulse!
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1964
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1964–06
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Live at Pep's (Volume 1 & Volume 2)
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Impulse!
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1965
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Live at Pep's in Philadelphia
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1965–02
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1984
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Impulse!
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1965
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1965–07
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Psychicemotus
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Impulse!
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1965
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1965–12, 1966-01
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Live in London
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Harkit
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2004
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Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London
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1966–03
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A Flat, G Flat and C
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Impulse!
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1966
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1966–06
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The Golden Flute
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Impulse!
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1967
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1967–06
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The Complete Yusef Lateef
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Atlantic
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1968
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1968–04
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The Blue Yusef Lateef
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Atlantic
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1968
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1967–06, 1969-02
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Yusef Lateef's Detroit
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Atlantic
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1969
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1968–04, 1969-05
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The Diverse Yusef Lateef
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Atlantic
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1970
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1970–04
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Suite 16
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Atlantic
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1970
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1970–04, 1971-09
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The Gentle Giant
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Atlantic
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1972
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1972-05, 1972-09
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Hush 'N' Thunder
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Atlantic
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1973
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1971–09, 1973-04, 1973-05, 1973-12
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Part of the Search
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Atlantic
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1974
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1974–07
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10 Years Hence
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Atlantic
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1975
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[2LP] Live recording at Keystone Korner with studio overdubs
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1976–03
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The Doctor Is In... and Out
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Atlantic
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1976
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1977–10
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Autophysiopsychic
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CTI
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1977
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With Art Farmer (trumpet)
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1977–11
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At The Bottom Line
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YAL
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2006
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Live at The Bottom Line in NYC
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1979–05
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In a Temple Garden
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CTI
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1979
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1983?
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Hikima: Creativity
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Ahmadu Bello University
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1983
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[LP] Research in Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies. Reissued in 2019.[2]
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1983–07
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In Nigeria
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Landmark
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1985
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1987–06
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Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
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Atlantic
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1987
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Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording[3]
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1986–05, 1988-03
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Concerto for Yusef Lateef
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Atlantic
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1988
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1989?
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Nocturnes
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Atlantic
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1989
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1990?
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Meditations
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Atlantic
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1990
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1991–01
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Yusef Lateef's Encounters
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Atlantic
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1991
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Backing Vocals – Nnenna Freelon
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1991
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Yusef Lateef's Metamusic
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YAL
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2020
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[CD] Limited edition[4]
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1992–01
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Heart Vision
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YAL
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1992
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Recorded in Bentonia, Mississippi
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1992–01
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Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp with Archie Shepp
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YAL
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1992
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1992?
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Concerto for Woodwinds
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YAL
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1992
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1992–07
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Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Von Freeman with Von Freeman
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YAL
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1992
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1992–12
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Yusef Lateef Plays Ballads
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YAL
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1993
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1993–05
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Tenors featuring Rene McLean
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YAL
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1993
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With René McLean (tenor saxophone)
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1993–07
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Woodwinds
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YAL
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1993
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With Ralph M. Jones III
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1993–10, 1993-11
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The African-American Epic Suite (For Quintet and Orchestra)
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ACT
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1994
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Recorded at WDR Cologne
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1993–12
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Metamorphosis ∞
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YAL/Bomba
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1994
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1993–12
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Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the Soundtrack
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YAL
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1994
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Soundtrack of the documentary film Claiming Open Spaces (1995) by Austin Allen[5]
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1994–05
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Suite Life
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YAL
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1994
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1994
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Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford with Ricky Ford
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YAL/Bomba
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1996
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1994–12
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Cantata
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YAL
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1995
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Research album
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1995-06
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The World at Peace (Music For 12 Musicians) with Adam Rudolph
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YAL/Meta
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1997
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[2CD] Live at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles
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1995–12
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Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for Flute
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YAL
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1996
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1996–05
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Full Circle
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YAL
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1996
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1997–01
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Earth and Sky (Tenors and Flutes) with Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
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YAL
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1997
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1997
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Sonata Fantasia with Alex J. Marcelo
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YAL
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1997
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1997
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Chnops: Gold and Soul
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YAL
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1997
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1998
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9 Bagatelles
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YAL
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1998
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1998
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Like the Dust (Flutes, Guitars & Percussion)
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YAL
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1999
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1999–01
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Live in Seattle with Adam Rudolph
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YAL
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1999
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Live album
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2000–02
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Beyond the Sky with Adam Rudolph
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YAL/Meta
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2000
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In celeration of Lateef's 80th birthday year
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2000
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A G.I.F.T. (Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance)
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YAL
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2000
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2001
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So Peace
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YAL
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2001
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Featuring Sylvia Cooper O'Daniel
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2001-04
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Live at The Luckman Theater with Eternal Wind
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YAL
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2001
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[CD / DVD-Video] Live at The Luckman Theater, California State University, Los Angeles[6]
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2001
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Ear Riptus
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YAL
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2002
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With Matt Waugh
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2002-02
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Homage To Yusef Lateef with Corvini & Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble
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YAL
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2002
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Live at The Teatro Metastasio in Prato (Metastasio Jazz 2002)
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2002-09
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A Tribute Concert for Yusef Lateef
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YAL
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2002
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YAL's 10th Anniversary live album[7]
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2003-03
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In the Garden with Adam Rudolph and "Go: Organic Orchestra"
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YAL/Meta
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2003
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[2CD] Live at The Electric Lodge in Los Angeles
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2004–03, 2004-08
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Roots Run Deep
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RogueArt
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2012
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With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto
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2005–03
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Influence with Stéphane Belmondo and Lionel Belmondo
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B-Flat recordings
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2007
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[2CD]
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2008–12
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Voice Prints with Roscoe Mitchell, Adam Rudolph and Douglas R. Ewart
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Meta
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2013
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Live at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
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2009-09
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Towards the Unknown with Adam Rudolph
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Meta
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2010
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With Go: Organic Orchestra Strings. Recorded at Roulette Intermedium in NYC.
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2012-06
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Live at the Olympia with Ahmad Jamal
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Meta
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2014
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[2CD + DVD-Video] Live at The Olympia in Paris[8]
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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
As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley
With Curtis Fuller
With Charles Mingus
- 1960: Pre-Bird (Mercury, 1961) – reissued as Mingus Revisited (Limelight)
- 1960: Jazz Makers (Mercury, 1963)
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With others
- Nat Adderley, That's Right! (Riverside, 1960)
- Ernestine Anderson, My Kinda Swing (Mercury, 1961) – rec. 1960
- Art Blakey, The African Beat (Blue Note, 1962)
- Donald Byrd, Byrd Jazz (Transition, 1956) – live rec. 1955
- Paul Chambers, 1st Bassman (Vee Jay, 1961) – rec. 1960
- Art Farmer, Something You Got (CTI, 1977)
- Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995) – compilation
- Grant Green, Grantstand (Blue Note, 1962) – rec. 1961
- Slide Hampton, Drum Suite (Epic, 1964) – rec. 1962
- Louis Hayes, Louis Hayes (Vee-Jay, 1960) – re-issued as Contemplation (1974) under Lateef's name
- Les McCann, Invitation to Openness (Atlantic, 1972) – rec. 1971
- Don McLean, Homeless Brother (United Artists, 1974)
- Sonny Red, Breezing (Jazzland, 1961) – rec. 1960
- Leon Redbone, Double Time (Warner Bros., 1977)
- A. K. Salim, Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (Prestige, 1965) – rec. 1964
- Clark Terry, Color Changes (Candid, 1961) – rec. 1960
- Doug Watkins, Soulnik (New Jazz, 1960)
- Randy Weston, Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1961) – rec. 1960
- Various Artists, Jazz Is Busting Out All Over (Savoy, 1958)
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References
- ^ "Yusef Lateef Catalog - album index". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Yusef Lateef". Recording Academy. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ "YAL Records Catalog". Yusef Lateef. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Audrey Thomas McCluskey, ed. (2007). Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 153.
- ^ "lateef & weston concert". California State University, Los Angeles. April 13, 2001.
- ^ "Musical tribute planned in honor of Yusef Lateef". University of Massachusetts Amherst. September 13, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release. | As leader | |
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Split album | |
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With others |
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s)
- Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960)
- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
- 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960)
- Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
- Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961)
- The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
- Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964)
- Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971)
- Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974)
- Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977)
- Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)
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