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Yusef Lateef

Blues
Jazz
Soul music
An acclaimed jazz musician and composer who broke boundaries, crossed cultures and melded genres, Yusef Lateef created "world music" before it was even a recognised term and went on to win a Grammy Award. Born William Emanuel Huddleston and raised in Ohio, he cut his teeth as a saxophone player in swing bands in the 1940s and toured with Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra before converting to Islam in 1950, when he changed his name to Yusef Lateef. His debut album The Sounds Of Yusef (1957) was full of lively be-bop jazz, but he developed his sound to include influences he'd experienced...
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Don't Blame MeYusef Lateef
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Come SundayYusef Lateef
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But BeautifulFreddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller and Yusef Lateef
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I'll Remember AprilYusef Lateef
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In the Still of the NightRahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef
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When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)Yusef Lateef
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Don't Blame MeYusef Lateef

Eastern Sounds

4:55

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Come SundayYusef Lateef

Hush 'N' Thunder

2:34

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But BeautifulFreddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller and Yusef Lateef

Open Sesame

5:33

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I'll Remember AprilYusef Lateef

Into Something

6:51

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In the Still of the NightRahsaan Roland Kirk and Yusef Lateef

3:30

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When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)Yusef Lateef

Into Something

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