Yusef Lateef was an avid explorer of musics and philosophies from all over the world. Credit: Riverside Records album cover detail As vinyl continues its unlikely resurgence for a music media format, ...

A high quality reissue of Yusef Lateef’s 1957 debut Jazz Mood was long overdue and this OJC edition does not disappoint. Each OJC release is sourced from fresh lacquers cut directly from the original ...

The late jazz multi-instrumentalist, a bluesy experimentalist, was known for his soulful, internationally flavored music. He died Monday at 93.... The multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, famed in the ...

Saturday's concert by jazz innovator Yusef Lateef figures to be a particularly memorable evening. There's the simple fact that Lateef is here at all: Now 88, the influential and idiosyncratic ...

It’s a shame that Yusef Lateef is relegated to the second tier of jazz musicians, left as an artist who is known more for his work as a sideman. His abilities as a multi-instrumentalist place him a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Friday marks the centennial birthday of Yusef Lateef, the late legend of “jazz” who ...

SHUTESBURY, Mass. (AP) — Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the first to incorporate world music into traditional jazz, has died. He was 93. Lateef died Monday at his home in ...

The late Yusef Lateef, saxophonist, flutist and composer, was raised in the musical environment of 1930s Detroit, its clubs and ballrooms. We spoke to him about his Detroit memories, including as an ...

Rarely in the history of contemporary American music has one artist iconized as many aspects of organized sound as Yusef Lateef who appeared in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night, April 6, at the ...

Trinosophes are hosting shows on the sidewalk outside of the venue, and they note that masks must be worn and there are no public restrooms available. So be warned. This Saturday and then again on ...

Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the first to incorporate world music into traditional jazz, has died. He was 93. Lateef died Monday at his home in Shutesbury in western ...