Yusef Lateef discography

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

Discography

= As leader/co-leader =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Recording date

! Title / Co-leader

!Label

!Year released

!Notes

1957-04

|Jazz for the Thinker

|Savoy

|1957

|Album from Savoy Records{{cite web|title=Yusef Lateef Catalog - album index |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/yusef-lateef/catalog/album-index/

|website=Jazz Discography Project |access-date=June 23, 2022 }}

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.{{cite web|date=May 7, 2019 |title=Jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef’s elusive 1983 album Hikima: Creativity reissued for the first time |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/yusef-lateef-hikima-creativity-vinyl-release/ |website=The Vinyl Factory |access-date=June 24, 2022 }}

1983–07

|In Nigeria

|Landmark

|1985

1987–06

|Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony

|Atlantic

|1987

| Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording{{Cite web|title=Yusef Lateef |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/yusef-lateef/10018 |website=Recording Academy |access-date=June 24, 2022 }}

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{{cite web|title=YAL Records Catalog |url=https://yuseflateef.com/recordings/ |website=Yusef Lateef |access-date=June 23, 2022 }}

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{{cite book

|editor=Audrey Thomas McCluskey |title=Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004 |page=153 |year=2007 |publisher=Indiana University Press }}

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{{cite web|date=April 13, 2001 |title=lateef & weston concert |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/lateef.htm |website=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{{cite web|date=September 13, 2002 |title=Musical tribute planned in honor of Yusef Lateef |url=https://www.umass.edu/pubaffs/chronicle/archives/02/09-13/lateef.htm |website=University of Massachusetts Amherst |access-date=June 23, 2022 }}

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{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-olympia-ahmad-jamal-and-yusef-lateef-jazz-village-review-by-ian-patterson|title=Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef: Live At The Olympia album review @ All About Jazz|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz|access-date=2021-07-26|archive-date=2021-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029140511/https://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-olympia-ahmad-jamal-and-yusef-lateef-jazz-village-review-by-ian-patterson|url-status=live}}

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

1962: The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (Riverside, 1962)
1962: Cannonball in Europe! (Capitol, 1962)
1962: Jazz Workshop Revisited (Riverside, 1962)
1963 Nippon Soul (Riverside, 1964) – live
1963 Autumn Leaves (Riverside, 1975) – live
1962-63 The Sextet (Milestone, 1982)

With Curtis Fuller

1960: Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960)
1960: Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Warwick, 1961)

With Charles Mingus

1960: Pre-Bird (Mercury, 1961) – reissued as Mingus Revisited (Limelight)
1960: Jazz Makers (Mercury, 1963)

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)

References

External links

[https://www.discogs.com/artist/167055-Yusef-Lateef Yusef Lateef's's discography]

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