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Yusef Lateef
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Renaissance man Dr. Yusef Lateef was born William Emanuel Huddleston in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 9th, 1920. At the age of 5 he moved with his family to Detroit. Growing up in Detroit he came in contact and forged friendships with many a giant of jazz such as Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, and Donald Byrd. By the time he graduated from high school he was a proficient tenor saxophonist. He started soon after graduation playing professionally and touring with different swing orchestras among them those of Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge and Lucky Millender. In 1949 he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s orchestra (using the stage name William Evans), and stayed with them for one year
Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase
By Yusef Lateef
Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: (CD1): The Untitled; Mutually Exclusive; Eboness; (CD2): Inside Atlantis; I Remember Webster; Opus 1 & 2; (CD3):
Golden Goddess; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Yusef’s Mood.
Yusef Lateef: Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Pierre Giroux
Some nights vanish into the ether, while others wait, patiently, until the world is ready to hear them. Such is the case with Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase. Resonance Records has released this adventurous 1975 recording as a limited-edition 180-gram 3-LP set and a 3-CD release, which feels less like an archival ...
New Music from Joe Fiedler, Billy Childs, Maria Grand, And More
by Bob Osborne
The present and the past collide in this twelve release set of new albums. The first five featured tracks are from recently recorded material demonstrating the best modern jazz can offer. The remaining seven tracks are historical recordings, never before released, from the Elemental and Resonance labels for Record Store Day 2026. All of these capture ...
Yusef Lateef: Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Troy Dostert
One of the legendary figures of Detroit jazz, Yusef Lateef experienced a truly distinctive path of artistic development, with a trajectory which took him from swing, bebop and R&B in the 1940s and 1950s through a deep immersion in world music, funk and classical idioms during the 1960s and beyond. Somehow incorporating all of these disparate ...
Old and New Bottles: A Pair of Essential Releases from Joe Henderson
by C. Andrew Hovan
Especially among those who knew him well, Joe Henderson was a true Renaissance man. Born into a large family in Lima, Ohio, he made his way to New York City by way of Detroit--a fertile proving ground for jazz musicians in the 1950s and '60s. While studying at Wayne State University, he counted Donald Byrd, Barry ...
Happy Birthday Charles Mingus, Carl Allen, and Others; Recent music from Sasha Berliner, Lexingtone, and More
by David W. Daniels
Celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday with the (still relevant) classic “Fables of Faubus." Other birthdays recognized include Harvey Mason Sr., Paul Chambers, Joe Henderson, and others. Recently released jazz from Soulive, the Sistering (aka Nnenna Freelon et al), Ingrid Jensen, and others. Classic jazz from Eddie Palmieri, Yusef Lateef, Sonny Rollins, and more.Playlist Eddie Palmieri ...
Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase
by Joshua Weiner
After 15 years in the vaults, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase represents the first fruits of “Jazz Detective" producer Zev Feldman's expedition into the tape archives of Chicago club owner Joe Segal. Working with Joe's son Wayne Segal, Feldman and Resonance Records founder George Klabin have prepared a quartet of vinyl sets, recorded live at ...
Kenny Barron: Sunset to Dawn
by Angelo Leonardi
Dalla fine degli anni ottanta Kenny Barron s'è universalmente imposto presso la critica e il grande pubblico del jazz fino a essere considerato nel suo pieno valore: uno dei massimi stilisti del piano jazz contemporaneo. Questa riedizione della Time Traveler dal catalogo Muse ce lo presenta nel 1973 al debutto da leader, quando alle soglie dei ...
Outstanding new release from Maria Grand, newly discovered live Roy Hargrove, Tia Fuller with Shamie Fuller-Royston and Simon Moullier
by Hobart Taylor
My usual potpourri of avant-garde, historic recordings, and genre-defying releases. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann" Diversity" from Quartet (Modernistas) 0:10 Yusef Lateef “I Remember Webster" from Alight Upon the Lake-Live at the Jazz Showcase (Resonance) 07:46 Host Speaks 16:01 Flora Purim /Joe Henderson" Butterfly Dreams" from Jazz Dispensary Magia Brasileira (Craft) 17:06 Ray ...
