{"product_id":"yusef-lateef-the-gentle-giant","title":"Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"300\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant\u003cbr data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"127\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"157\"\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1971, Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Detroit, Michigan\u003cbr data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"206\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"219\"\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e SD 1602\u003cbr data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"230\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"244\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e EX, sounds great, looks great, a few very light marks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"321\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"321\"\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"818\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"wnxob6\" data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"498\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"348\"\u003ePersonal Struggle:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1th9nym\" data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"652\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"520\"\u003eScene Ecology:\u003c\/strong\u003e Detroit’s deep music scene shaped him early; he came up alongside future bebop and hard bop players before building his own path.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"xerkcm\" data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"818\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"672\"\u003eStudio Lore:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lateef pushed oboe, bassoon, and non-Western instruments into jazz settings, irritating purists who wanted him to stay inside standard bop rules.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3\/23\/2026 CC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596991512763,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/files\/R-4189192-1358035121-1302.jpg?v=1774399128","url":"https:\/\/power-plant-records.myshopify.com\/products\/yusef-lateef-the-gentle-giant","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}