Yusef Lateef is a Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, educator & philosopher who has been a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. He is universally acknowledged as one of the great living masters & innovators in the African American tradition of autophysiopsychic music that which comes from ones spiritual, physical & emotional self. As a virtuoso on a broad spectrum of reed instruments
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One of multi-instrumentalist & composer Yusef Lateefs most enduring recordings, Eastern Sounds was one of the last recordings made by the band that Lateef shared with pianist Barry Harris after the band moved to New York from Detroit, where the jazz scene was already dying. Lateef had long been interested in Eastern music, long before John Coltrane had ever shown any public interest anyway, so this Moodsville session (which meant it was supposed to be a laid-back ballad-like record), recorded ...

Captured live at Porchester Hall in London, Engl&, this full-length concert by the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens marks the artists first official U.K. performance in twenty-eight years. In addition to the concert, which features a well-balanced mix of classic tunes, covers, & songs from Yusuf Islams latest album An Other Cup, this release also invites fans to get better acquainted with the longtime singer/songwriter with a one hour documentary that follows Islam through the street ...

Still in fine fettle at the beginning of the 80s, Yves Montand gave a fine performance at the Olympia that was recorded for Philips. As good as he was in the studio, Montand really shone on-stage, & he displays his excellent sense of wit & diction, delivering classics like " Dansons la Rose" & " Le Temps." Montand also saves much of this best material for the second half, then rips through " Luna Park, " " La Bicyclette, " & " Dans Ma Maison" within a few songs. & for the master stroke, he a ...

It took France a little longer than most countries to develop a respectable domestic heavy metal scene, & the oddly named Yyrkoon mirrored these travails with their own development, which occurred in fits & starts & saw each album trying a different metallic subgenre on for size. Luckily, the quartet appeared to finally find what they were looking for, direction-wise, with 2003's Occult Medicine & its like-minded 2006 follow-up, Unhealthy Opera -- to the point that they've entirely disow ...

Though it may not seem like much time, the five short years during which they recorded for A&M Records marked the most consistent period of Y&T's unfortunate career. & though they would sign a new contract with Geffen thereafter, their subsequent, glam-drenched efforts would prove even less inspired. So while hardly all encompassing, Best of Y&T (1981-1985) will satisfy the curious fan better than any other package, save perhaps for the their excellent live album, Open Fire. The band's drab st ...