Craft Recordings dropped the second wave of Original Jazz Classics reissues in 2023 —an absolute must-have batch for any serious jazz fan. This round included the Mal Waldron Sextet’s Mal/2 and Yusef ...

Yusef Lateef's 'Psychicemotus' is an album whose intellectual foundation never compromises its emotive intimacy or crucially, ...

Jazz Passengers bring their fusion of post-bop and musical comedy to the Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale, N.Y., tonight at 8pm. The group includes cofounder Roy Nathanson (soprano and alto sax ...

On the imitation-brick siding of the ramshackle frame building is nailed a beer sign with the legend: LUTHJEN'S—DANCING FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. On thebandstand of the narrow, crepe ...

Atlantis Lullaby features two quirky duets – a bass and flute combo between Cunningham and Heath on Lowland Lullaby, and another from Lateef, this time on flute, drifting around Barron on piano ...

Lateef’s mastery of each instrument is outstanding. Location and Date Recorded – Cloitre des Celestin in Avignon France on July 19, 1972. Personnel – Yusef Lateef (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute), ...

Yusef Lateef was a pioneer in jazz. A virtuoso on saxophone and flute, he also brought a broad spectrum of sounds to his music by including oboe, Middle Eastern and Asian reed instruments, and ...

Yusef Lateef was a pioneer in jazz. A virtuoso on saxophone and flute, he also brought a broad spectrum of sounds to his music by including oboe, Middle Eastern and Asian reed instruments, and ...

Yusef Lateef was a unique figure in the jazz world. Though Lateef’s main instruments were the tenor sax and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, which were rare in jazz. In addition, he also played ...

For Lateef (nicknamed ‘Teefski’ or ‘Teefi’ by his band mates) – who had played tenor sax for Dizzy Gillespie just out of high-school in 1949, toured with the likes of Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge, ...

In 1970, when asked the question: ‘What is jazz?’ Louis Armstrong reportedly replied: ‘If you have to ask, you’ll never know.’ In his essay, ‘Perennial Fashion – Jazz’ (1967), German theorist Theodor ...