A discography of the multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef (1920–2013).
Discography As leader/co-leader Recording date Title / Co-leaderLabelYear releasedNotes 1957-04Jazz for the ThinkerSavoy1957Album from Savoy Records 1957-04Jazz Mood Savoy1957Debut album from the second recording session 1957-04Stable MatesSavoy1957Split album with A. K. Salim 1957-04Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef LateefVerve1958 1957–10Prayer to the EastSavoy1957 1957–10Jazz and the Sounds of NatureSavoy1958 1957–10The Sounds of YusefPrestige1958 1957–10Other Sounds also released as Expression! (1969)Prestige/New Jazz1959 1958–04Lateef at CranbrookArgo1958 Live at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit 1959–06The DreamerSavoy1959 1959–06The Fabric of JazzSavoy1959 1957–10, 1959-10 Cry! – TenderPrestige/New Jazz1960 1960–05The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef also released as This Is Yusef Lateef (1968)Riverside1960 1960-10The Centaur and the PhoenixRiverside1960 Bonus tracks are recorded in 1961 1961–08Lost in SoundCharlie Parker1962 1961–09Eastern SoundsPrestige/Moodsville1962 1961–12Into SomethingPrestige/New Jazz1962 1963–12Jazz 'Round the WorldImpulse!1964 1964–06 Live at Pep's (Volume 1 & Volume 2) Impulse! 1965 Live at Pep's in Philadelphia 1965–021984Impulse!1965 1965–07Psychicemotus Impulse!1965 1965–12, 1966-01 Live in London Harkit 2004 Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London 1966–03A Flat, G Flat and CImpulse!1966 1966–06The Golden FluteImpulse!1967 1967–06The Complete Yusef Lateef Atlantic1968 1968–04The Blue Yusef LateefAtlantic1968 1967–06, 1969-02 Yusef Lateef's Detroit Atlantic1969 1968–04, 1969-05 The Diverse Yusef Lateef Atlantic 1970 1970–04Suite 16Atlantic1970 1970–04, 1971-09The Gentle GiantAtlantic1972 1972-05, 1972-09Hush 'N' ThunderAtlantic1973 1971–09, 1973-04, 1973-05, 1973-12 Part of the Search Atlantic 1974 1974–0710 Years Hence Atlantic1975 [2LP] Live recording at Keystone Korner with studio overdubs 1976–03The Doctor Is In... and OutAtlantic1976 1977–10AutophysiopsychicCTI1977 With Art Farmer (trumpet) 1977–11 At The Bottom Line YAL 2006 Live at The Bottom Line in NYC 1979–05In a Temple GardenCTI1979 1983?Hikima: CreativityAhmadu Bello University1983 [LP] Research in Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies.Reissued in 2019. 1983–07In NigeriaLandmark1985 1987–06Yusef Lateef's Little SymphonyAtlantic1987 Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording 1986–05, 1988-03 Concerto for Yusef Lateef Atlantic 1988 1989?NocturnesAtlantic1989 1990?MeditationsAtlantic1990 1991–01Yusef Lateef's EncountersAtlantic1991Backing Vocals – Nnenna Freelon1991Yusef Lateef's MetamusicYAL2020 [CD] Limited edition 1992–01 Heart Vision YAL 1992 Recorded in Bentonia, Mississippi 1992–01Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp with Archie SheppYAL1992 1992? Concerto for Woodwinds YAL 1992 1992–07 Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Von Freeman with Von FreemanYAL1992 1992–12Yusef Lateef Plays BalladsYAL1993 1993–05Tenors featuring Rene McLeanYAL1993 With René McLean (tenor saxophone) 1993–07WoodwindsYAL1993 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 1993–12Claiming Open Spaces: Music from the SoundtrackYAL1994 Soundtrack of the documentary film Claiming Open Spaces (1995) by Austin Allen 1994–05 Suite Life YAL 1994 1994 Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford with Ricky Ford YAL/Bomba 1996 1994–12CantataYAL1995 Research album 1995-06 The World at Peace (Music For 12 Musicians) with Adam RudolphYAL/Meta1997 [2CD] Live at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles 1995–12Yusef Lateef's Fantasia for FluteYAL1996 1996–05 Full Circle YAL 1996 1997–01 Earth and Sky (Tenors and Flutes) with Sayyd Abdul Al-KhabyyrYAL1997 1997 Sonata Fantasia with Alex J. MarceloYAL1997 1997Chnops: Gold and SoulYAL1997 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 celebration 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 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 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, 2004-08Roots Run DeepRogueArt 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 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 1962-1963 The Sextet (Milestone, 1982)
With Curtis Fuller Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Warwick, 1961) – rec. 1960
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)
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