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Suite 16 (album)
''Suite 16'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1970 and released on the Atlantic Records, Atlantic label. accessed July 20, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated.'' # "Buddy and Lou" - 3:13 # "Down in Atlanta" - 4:15 # "Nocturne" - 4:02 # "When a Man Loves a Woman (song), When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) - 3:20 # "Michelle (song), Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 1:44 # "Symphonic Blues Suite: First Movement; Folia" - 2:21 # "Symphonic Blues Suite: Second Movement; Minuet (Hybird, Atonal)" - 2:10 # "Symphonic Blues Suite: Third Movement; Blues (Twelve Measure Form) Variational Interlude" - 6:53 # "Symphonic Blues Suite: Fourth Movement; Passacaglia" - 2:06 # "Symphonic Blues Suite: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "Eastern" music. Peter Keepnews, in his ''New York Times'' obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played world music before world music had a name". Lateef's books included two novellas entitled ''A Night in the Garden of Love'' and ''Another Avenue'', the short story collections ''Spheres'' and ''Rain Shapes'', also his autobiography, ''The Gentle Giant,'' written in collaboration with Herb Boyd. Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |