The autobiography of a musical genius and poet, Yusef Lateef. Dr. Lateef's work combines images that delight the aesthetic senses and provoke the intellect. This is his story in his words.
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I have followed Yusef Lateef's career since the 60s. He inspired me to study the flute and Islam. I approached his book with the same enthusiasm, but was disappointed by its brevity. I wanted to know about his art work, his stay in Bulgaria, his family, (as he mentioned his son and daughter),etc. But perhaps these topics were too personal, so they were left out. I am looking forward to hearing his piano sonata no.2 which I am going to order.
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At the dawn of my life, I was born William Emmanuel Huddleston, Oct. 9, 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, not too far from the neighborhood where blues singer Bessie Smith was born in 1894 and raised. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yusef Lateef, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Nat Adderley, Recording Engineer, Sam Jones, Joe Zawinul, Hugh Lawson, Trouble In Mind, New Jersey, New York City, Rudy Van Gelder, Original Jazz Classics, Barry Harris, Clark Terry, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, The Jive Samba, Charlie Parker, Ernie Farrow, Blue Note, Dizzy's Business, Work Song, Englewood Cliffs New!
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At the dawn of my life, I was born William Emmanuel Huddleston, Oct. 9, 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, not too far from the neighborhood where blues singer Bessie Smith was born in 1894 and raised. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yusef Lateef, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Nat Adderley, Recording Engineer, Sam Jones, Joe Zawinul, Hugh Lawson, Trouble In Mind, New Jersey, New York City, Rudy Van Gelder, Original Jazz Classics, Barry Harris, Clark Terry, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, The Jive Samba, Charlie Parker, Ernie Farrow, Blue Note, Dizzy's Business, Work Song, Englewood Cliffs New!
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- In Love (Modern Romance Classics) by Alfred Hayes on page 210, and page 236
- In The Dark by MEAGAN MCKINNEY on page 198, and page 199
- The Cool World, a Novel by Warren. Miller on page 127, and page 256
- Dancing in the Dark by T. D. McKinney on page 198, and page 199
- Atlantic Records: A Discography (Discographies) by Michel Ruppli in Back Matter
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- John Coltrane: Jazz Revolutionary (Masters of Music) by Rachel Barron on page 37
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