Loading...

ABC Jazz Home > Programs > Jazztrack > Yusef Lateef 1968 and more rare Duke Ellington

Jazztrack:

Yusef Lateef 1968 and more rare Duke Ellington

Yusef Lateef jt
Page added Dec 2, 2011 Updated Dec 9, 2011

Duke Ellington's war time Victory Bonds broadcasts , cross cultural musical pioneer Yusef Lateef and more....

Hear some more Duke Ellington from 1945 and the US Treasury Victory Bonds broadcasts. Also some classic Yusef Lateef and the lesser known progressive vibraphonist from the early 60's Walt Dickinson. Art Pepper towards the end of his life in 1980 playing clarinet at Ronnie Scott's plus other fine reissues and some recent Australian recordings.

More about: 
tag Register to add tags

Broadcast

Nov 19, 2011. 5:05pm - 7:00pm
Nov 22, 2011. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Nov 22, 2011. 9:00pm - 11:00pm

More episodes of Jazztrack

Artist Biography

Fromwikipedia

Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950. Although Lateef's main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he also plays oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also uses a...

This entry is from Wikipedia external link, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under CC-BY-SA external link. Visit Yusef Lateef external link on Wikipedia to correct or update this entry. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately available here. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

bullet Alert Moderator

Discover more about Yusef Lateef on ABC Jazz

Comments

Post a Comment

Post new comment

Comments from unregistered users are subject to ABC moderation and will not appear until they are approved - there will be a delay until they are published.
Create A Profile to add comments straight away.

http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
29 minus equals zero
Solve this math question and enter the solution with digits. E.g. for "two plus four = ?" enter "6".

Related Stories

Episode
The Duke on Jazztrack

May 4, 2012

The Duke on Jazztrack

Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899 and in this episode of Jazztrack we hear early recordings that show just how advanced he was.

Feature
Mercer Ellington interview

Aug 19, 2010

Mercer Ellington interview

An interview with trumpet player and composer Mercer Ellington, taken from Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.

Feature
Ellington: 'Live at the Whitney'

Aug 19, 2010

Ellington: 'Live at the Whitney'

Duke Ellington's 1972 performance at NY's Whitney Museum of American Art.

User login

see Dee Dee Bridgewatr
Jazztrack
Jessica Nicholas on ABC Jazz
Jazz Up Late
Jazz Notes
ABC Jazz on Twitter
Find ABC Jazz on Facebook
ABC Dig Music
ABC Country
Explore ABC Jazz
Sign up to the weekly newsletter
Enter your email address
Other ABC music sites