Jazz Virtuoso Yusef Lateef: Be Sincere and Seek Knowledge

Photo: John Rogers for NPR/johnrogersnyc.com; Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2013/12/24/256875716/a-history-of-phone-calls-with-yusef-lateef

A virtuoso on the traditional jazz instruments of saxophone and flute, Yusef Lateef also brings a broad spectrum of sounds to his music through his mastery of such Middle Eastern and Asian reed instruments as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, argol, sarewa, and taiwan koto. A major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades, he was one of the first to bring a world music approach to traditional jazz. Jazz writer A.B. Spellman spoke with Lateef about his early influences and finding a musical voice.

Byline Source: National Endowment of the Arts: Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyTUz1G-0kI