Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | June 1987 | |||
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Length | 32:53 | |||
Label | Rhino Atlantic | |||
Producer | Yusef Lateef | |||
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Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony is an album by Yusef Lateef, released through the record label Rhino Atlantic in 1987. The album, which Billboard described as "an atmospheric four-movement classical/jazz composition", was produced by Lateef, recorded, mixed and mastered by Norman Blain, and remastered by Dennis King. Lateef provided all instrumentation that appears on the album. In 1988, Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony earned Lateef the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album despite having no prior association with the genre.
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Lateef played all of the instruments that appear on Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony, which Billboard described as "an atmospheric four-movement classical/jazz composition". [3] [4] The album was produced by Lateef, recorded, mixed and mastered by Norman Blain, and remastered by Dennis King. [5]
In 1988, the album earned Lateef the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album despite having no prior association with new-age music. [6] [7] Known for disliking the term "jazz", Lateef has stated he has no problem with the New Age classification and believes the genre has no "negative connotations at all". [7]
All songs by Yusef Lateef.
Credits adapted from AllMusic. [8]
Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America.
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