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Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant
Title: Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971, Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Detroit, Michigan
Matrix #: SD 1602
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great, a few very light marks
Cultural Facts:
- Personal Struggle: Born William Huddleston, he converted to Islam in 1950 and took the name Yusef Lateef, a move that brought social suspicion in mid-century America.
- Scene Ecology: Detroit’s deep music scene shaped him early; he came up alongside future bebop and hard bop players before building his own path.
- Studio Lore: Lateef pushed oboe, bassoon, and non-Western instruments into jazz settings, irritating purists who wanted him to stay inside standard bop rules.
3/23/2026 CC
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