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Yusef Lateef in Nigeria

by Yusef Lateef

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These seven selections are basically dance pieces incorporating a wide variety of characteristics. They can be thought of as forming a hybrid suite, whose many elements include traditional dance (a generic term for African dances of folk origin), fast 2/4 duple time, slow 4/ 4 common meter (a dignified style with very few up-beats), moderate 4/4 meter compound duple time, poetic slow triple meter, motifs, fugal and inverted subjects.
- Yusef Lateef

"This recording, made in Nigeria during the four years Yusef lived, taught and studied there, is, to me, one of the most natural, deep and successful collaborations between African and African-American musicians ever recorded."
- Adam Rudolph

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released July 28, 2022

Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, C-flute, Ebo rubberflute, gourd flute, Tiv chin flute, pneumatic bamboo flute, algaita, and vocals

Percussionists:

P. ADEGBOYEGA BADEJO - Hausa and Yoruba kalangu, gourd rattle, kuke
SALISU I. MASHI - gangan noma, duman girke, Hausa kalangu, kidan bare bari, kahoe, kidan ruwa
AWUIALU ADAMU - idiophones, duman girke
SHITTU ISYAKU - Tiv drums | YUSUFU AMINU - kahoe

Voices:

IBN YUSEF A. LATEEF - vocal sounds
ESTHER KAWAI, VERONICA UGYE, TANI UMARU and AMINA ABDULLAHI - vocals

PRODUCED BY YUSEF LATEEF

Original recording - MALAM MONDAY Additional recording and remix - BOB SCHOTT; assistant - JOHN ALBERTS Mastering - GEORGE HORN

Recorded at EMI Studios (Lagos, Nigeria) on July 19, 1983. Additional recording and remix at Regent Sound Studios (New York City)

Digital Mastering - JIM HEMINGWAY, Shutesbury, MA June 19 1995

Graphic Design - RICK WARD | Illustrations - YUSEF LATEEF

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Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef was a Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, visual artist, educator and philosopher who was a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades.

He was named an American Jazz Master in the year 2010 by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Until his passing on December 23, 2013 at age 93, Yusef remained a vital and active artist.
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