Yusef Lateef

 

Artist:  Yusef Lateef

Birth Name:  William Emanuel Huddleston

Born:  October 9, 1920.  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Died:  December 23 2013 (Aged 93).  Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Fusion, Swing, Hard Bop Third Steam, World Music, New Age, Modern Creative, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Educator, Spokesman, Author

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Bamboo Flute, Shehnai, Shofar, Arghul, Koto, Piano, Vocals

Yusef Lateef was an American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer.  His 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, Shehnai, Shofar, Xun, Arghul and Koto.  He is known for having been an innovatof in the blending of Jazz with Eastern Music.

Title:  Blues In Space (Limited Edition - Collector's LP Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Fusion, Swing, Hard Bop, Third Steam, World Music, New Age, Modern Creative, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  WaxTime

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Metaphor (8:07)

 2.  Yusef's Mood (8:34)

 3.  The Beginning (4:11)

 4.  Beauregard (3:35)

Side B:

 1. Morning (10:37)

 2.  Blues In Space (7:05)

 3.  Space (5:55)

Personnel:

Yusef Lateef:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute Argol, Scraped Gour

Curtis Fuller:  Trombone, Tambourine

Hugh Lawson:  Piano

Ernie Farrow:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums

Blues In Space is an album by Yusef Lateef, released on November 21, 2025 by WaxTime.  Limited Edition Collector's LP Series 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.