Yusef Lateef
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Yusef Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator known for pioneering the integration of non-Western instruments and musical traditions into modern jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yusef Lateef canonical | 6 |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ music educator ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2013 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Blakey
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Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Dolphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
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National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | William Emanuel Huddleston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| convertedToReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-10-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-12-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Wayne State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Massachusetts Amherst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnomusicology
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music education ⓘ |
| fullName | Yusef Abdul Lateef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | Doctorate in Education ⓘ |
| instrument |
bassoon
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flute ⓘ oboe ⓘ shakuhachi NERFINISHED ⓘ shehnai ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ various non-Western wind instruments ⓘ |
| movement | world music in jazz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of non-Western instruments into jazz
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pioneering world music influences in modern jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eastern Sounds
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Psychicemotus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blue Yusef Lateef NERFINISHED ⓘ The Centaur and the Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ Yusef Lateef's Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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educator ⓘ flautist ⓘ oboist ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
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Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Savoy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Several works of fiction and non-fiction on music and spirituality
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The Repository of Scales and Melodic Patterns NERFINISHED ⓘ Yusef Lateef’s Autophysiopsychic Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfReligiousConversion | 1948 ⓘ |
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