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YAL Records discography

This page lists releases by YAL Records.

YAL Records was founded by Yusef Lateef as an outlet for his music. The first release on the label was in 1992.

The albums are listed in roughly chronological sequence. Not sure how catalog numbers were assigned or sequenced. There may be albums missing from the list.

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YAL Records albums

Heart Vision, Yusef Lateef, 1992, YAL 900

Tracks : Vision 2, Vision 3 (Alternate Version), Vision 1, Vision 7, Vision 6, Vision 4 (Alternate Version), Vision 3, Vision 2 (Alternate Version), Vision 5, Vision1 (Alternate Version), Vision 4

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Chinyere Nnenna Freelon, Tsidii Le Loka, Richard Ross, Christopher Newland, Adam Rudolph, Everett Haffner, Mt Nebo Baptist Church Choir


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Tenors Of Yusef Lateef And Von Freeman, Yusef Lateef, Von Freeman, 1992, YAL 911 (YAL 977)

Tracks : Windy City, Freddie Webster, South Side, Swing Lee, Quality Control, Ike Day, Delta Market Place, King Kolax

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Von Freeman, John Young, John Whitfield, Terry Morrissette


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Tenors Of Yusef Lateef And Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef And Archie Shepp, 1992, YAL 977

Tracks : You Know What I Mean, Monk Remembered, Thong, Selim, Dr. Emilio, In The Valley, Odd A Little, Ammons Remembered

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Archie Shepp, Stephen McCraven, Tom McClung, Avery Sharpe, Adam Rudolph, Tony Vacca (on Ammons Remembered), Mulazimuddin S. Rasool (on Ammons Remembered)


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Concerto For Woodwinds, Yusef Lateef, 1992?, YAL 000 167

Tracks : (To be added)

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Juan E. Cruz


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Woodwinds, Yusef Lateef and Ralph M. Jones III, 1993, YAL 005

Tracks : A Spiritual, In This House, Cry Like A Child, The Ark, Wish Them Well, Brother Man

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Ralph M. Jones III, Adam Rudolph, Andrew Hollander, Avery Sharpe


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Tenors, Yusef Lateef Featuring Rene McLean, 1993, YAL 019

Tracks : Because They Love Me, Humility, Virtue, My Brothers' And Sisters' Keepers, Signs, Good Will, Altruism

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Rene McLean, Andrew Hollander, Avery Sharpe, Kamal Sabir


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Metamorphosis ∞, Yusef Lateef, 1993, YAL 100

Tracks : Metamorphosis, The Shape Of Feeling, Actuality Scenario, You Got That Right, Non-Conformity, Images Of Particularity, Flacuss II, Back To The Roots, Biography Of A Thought

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Avery Sharpe, Kamal Sabir


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Yusef Lateef Plays Ballads, Yusef Lateef, 1993, YAL 333

Tracks : Night Song, Beneath The Sky, Somewhere In The Forest, Twilight, Another Place, You Are Me, You Are Him, You Are Them, Inscape, All Are One

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Tom McClung, Avery Sharpe, Stephen McCraven, Adam Rudolph


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Tenors Of, Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford, 1994?, YAL 105

Tracks : Brother Moody, Brother Turrentine, Ibn Yl, Brother Rollins, Brother Heath, Brother Shorter, Brother Henderson

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Ricky Ford, Avery Sharpe, Kamal Sabir

Also released on Bomba Records in Japan.

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Suite Life, Yusef Lateef, 1994, YAL 111

Tracks : Minuet, Scherzo, Bourree, Lament, Fantasia, Courante, Allemande, Sarabande, Loure, Anglaise, Gigue, Spiritual (Slave Song) "I Wanna Go Home"

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Andrew Hollander, Marcie Brown


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Cantata, Yusef Lateef, 1995, YAL 010

Tracks : Acknowledgements, Air, Water, And Thought, Instrumental Ritornello #1, Five Part Intuition And The Flight, Hunting For A City, Instrumental Ritornello #2, Hold Your Light, Instrumental Ritornello #3, Bound To Go, Wrestle On, Plaque Party And Compassion Violation, Instrumental Ritornello #4, Not Weary Yet, Body Turn Around, I Can't Stay Behind, Instrumental Ritornello #5, I Hear From Heaven Today, Instrumental Ritornello #6, Lay This Body Down

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Greg Snedeker

Notes : xxx


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In Nigeria, Yusef Lateef, 1995, YAL 707

Tracks : Mu, Omi (Drink Water), Drama Village, Akima (Birth), Blues In The Adaji, Lalit (Lover's Separation), Curved Spacetime, Ruwa Maizurufi (Deep Water)

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, P. Adegboyega Badejo, Salisu I. Mashi, Awuialu Adamu, Shittu Isyaku, Yusufu Aminu, Esther Kawai, Veronica Ugye, Tani Umaru, Amina Abdullahi

Notes : Recorded in Nigeria in July 1983 with additional recording in New York. Originally released on Landmark in 1985.


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Claiming Open Spaces, Yusef Lateef, 1995?, YAL 000 167

Tracks : Instrumental Gospel, Columbus, Discovery Parade, Instrumental Gospel II, Water Music, Belle Isle Bridge, Old Oak Trees, The Kite and the Moon, Instrumental Gospel III, Elegy for Louis Armstrong, Trees and Spaces, The Birth of Storyville, St. Louis Cathedral, The Quill, Piatza de Atalia, Instrumental IV, Ameriflora, Spirituality of Space, Franklin Park, Safe Environment, Spirituality of Space II, Belle Isle of Memory, Slave Revolts, Closing of Congo Square, Wood Etchings and Ring Games, Instrumental Gospel V, Centrality of Youth, Absence of Conflict, Irony of Discovery, Defremery Park, Sled Ride, Congo Square

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Juan E. Cruz

Notes : Music for the soundtrack of the documentary film Claiming Open Spaces.


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Full Circle, Yusef Lateef, 1996, none

Tracks : Dakpa, When The Saints Go Marching In, Love Poem, One Day, Song Of Peace, Recuerdos De La Alhambra, Hematology, Death In The Morning

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Stephen McCraven, Tom McClung, Avery Sharpe, Carlos Bermudo


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Fantasia For Flute, Yusef Lateef, 1996, YAL 342

Tracks : Comparative Formation, Mental Images, Daydream, Illusion, Received Idea, Caprice, Filled With Fancies, Monadic Venture, Vision, Preoccupation With Thought, On The Other Side Of Zero, Visionary Notion, Perception

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Greg Snedeker, Michael Dessen


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Sonata Fantasia, Yusef Lateef, Alex Marcelo, 1997, YAL 001

Tracks : Introduction, Adagio, Allegretto, Scherzo, Molto Adagio, Presto, Codetta

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Alex Marcelo


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Chnops: Gold And Soul, Yusef Lateef, 1997, YAL 497

Tracks : CHNOPS, Sound Chamber, Anomaly, Fancy Meeting, Inordinate, Factoring, Bass Case, Quotient, Pensively, Content of a Lunch Box, Shadow of Leaves

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Avery Sharpe, Mark Saltman, Adam Rudolph


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Earth And Sky: Tenors And Flutes, Yusef Lateef, Sayyd A. Al-Khabyyr, 1997, YAL 794

Tracks : Earth And Sky, Doohrehtorb, What's The Color Of Our Actions, Precious Moments, Lufhturt, Noitulba, Doohrehtorb 2, Noissapmuc

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Sayyd A. Al-Khabyyr, Tom McClung, Avery Sharpe, Kamal Sabir


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The World At Peace: Music For 12 Musicians, Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph, 1997, YAL/Meta 753

Tracks : Ramifications, Coltrane Remembered, Africa 35, Chaos # 3, Beloved, Like A Secret Argosy, Masara # 2, A Feather In The Bright Sky, Ourobouros, Beyond Futility, Dreaming Of The Skyway, Peace & Love, Overlay, Wheel Of Life, Encore

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Charles Moore, Bill Roper, Ralph Jones, David Johnson, Federico Ramos, Susan Allen, Jeff Gauthier, Marcie Brown, Eric Von Essen, Jose Luis Perez

Notes : Recorded live at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on June 16 & 17, 1995.


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9 Bagatelles, Yusef Lateef, 1998, YAL 091

Tracks : Free Soil, Civil Liberties, Exempt, Natural Motion, Unfettered, Flurry, Immunity, Air In Motion, Unimpeded

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Kamal Sabir, M. Abidh Waugh


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Live In Seattle, Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph, 1999, YAL 229

Tracks : Mount Shasta, Puget Sound, Hold Your Light, Ear Shot, Live In Seattle, I See The Rainbow, North West Passage, Rainbow In Oregon, Kampong, Mountain Path

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph


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Live at the 20th Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival, Yusef Lateef and Eternal Wind, 1999?, YAL ?

Tracks : Ode To Detroit, Big Buddy, Hold Your Light, Delta Dance, Luxor, Little Buddy, Jupiter Rising, Multiclustenics

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Charles E. Moore, Ralph Jones, Ken Cox, Adam Rudolph

Notes : Recorded live at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts in Detroit, as part of the Ford Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival, on September 6, 1999.


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Like The Dust, Yusef Lateef, 1999?, YAL 000 717

Tracks : Like the Dust, A Golden Opportunity, As Thought, Unless, Elsewhere, Noble Wishes, Than, Replacement, More Over, Shifted Paradigm, While, Other, Transfer, Dislocation, Where, Someplace, Evasion, I See the Flowers, Further

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Carlos Bermudo, M. Abidh Waugh


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A G.I.F.T., Yusef Lateef, 2000, YAL 292

Tracks : Solipsism, Parallel Universes, Special Relativity, Super Symmetry, Logical Absurdity, Phase Transition, Force Free Motion, Entrophy, Intersection, Small Scales, Towards Andromedia, In Motion, Palette

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, M. Abidh Waugh, Kamal Sabir

Notes : The G.I.F.T. of the title is expanded on the front cover to Goodness, Inwardness. Forgiving. Tolerance.


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Beyond The Sky, Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph, 2000, YAL/META 005

Tracks : Beyond The Sky, Origin Of A Mother Tongue, Evanescent Symmetries, Handful Of Gifts, Within Yourself, Three Dreams, Iqbal Remembered, Sun Cup, Hunger And Tears, Beyond The Sky, Part 2

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Joseph Bowie, Mark Helais, Ralph Jones, Alex Marcelo, Charles Moore, M. Abidh Waugh


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Live At Luckman Theater, Yusef Lateef and Eternal Wind, 2001, YAL 127

Tracks : Beyond The Sky, Thebes, Ballad, Chaos, When The Saints Go Marching In, Mt. Hebron, Augmented 4th, Major 2nd, Clustervilla

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Charles Moore, Ralph Jones, Federico Ramos, Adam Rudolph


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Earriptus, Yusef Lateef, 2001, YAL 595

Tracks : Earriptus, Fullonska, See The Leaves Waving At You, What Are You Doing Here?, Onska, Who Told You To Do That?, I' My See Ya, No Eye Riptus, No Touch Bustus, Psychophonics, Repeditivity, Moondance

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Matt Abidh Waugh


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So Peace, Yusef Lateef, 2002, YAL ?

Tracks : So Peace, In So Far, An Instance, Necessitate, Split Phase, Primordial, Over Print, Discourse, Clusterly

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Sylvia Cooper O'Daniel, Josiah Cuneo, Kamal Sabir, Kermit Moore, Selwart Clark


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Plays The Music Of Yusef Lateef, Wayne Tice, 2002, YAL 117

Tracks : Trio For Malcolm M#1, Trio For Malcolm M#2, Trio For Malcolm M#3, Sonata No.2 For Sax M#1, Sonata No.1 For Sax M#1, Sonata No.2 For Sax M#2, Sonata No.2 For Sax M#3, Sonata For Sax Quartet M#1, Sonata For Sax Quartet M#2, Sonata For Sax Quartet M#3, Sonata For Sax Quartet M#4, Sax Trio In December M#1, Sax Trio In December M#2, Sax Trio In December M#3, Romance M#1, Romance M#2, Romance M#3, Klockology

Musicians : Wayne Tice, Nadine Shank, Lou Pappas, Laura Majestic


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Homage To Yusef Lateef & Corvini-Iodice Roma Jazz Ensemble, 2002, YAL 717

Tracks : Flute, Italian Syllogism, Back Home, Peace and Love, Chaos, Coltrane Remembered, Masara, Encore I, Encore II

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Matt Waugh, Mike Applebaum, Claudio Corvini, Aldo Bassi, Giancarlo Ciminelli, Mario Corvini, Luca Giustozzi, Roberto Pecarelli, Luigino Leonardi, Gianni Oddi, Daniele Tittarelli, Gianni Savelli, Massimo D’Avola, Elvio Ghigliordini, Pino Iodice, Dario Rosciglione, Pietro Iodice


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A Tribute Concert for Yusef Lateef, 2002?, YAL ?

Tracks : Hampshire Hymn, Emissions, Sonology, Aboriginallullaby, Analogous

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Kamal Sabir, Alex J. Marcelo, Tim Dahl, Juan Cruz, Matt Abidh Waugh

Notes : This concert was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of YAL Records.


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In The Garden, Yusef Lateef / Adam Rudolph / Go: Organic Orchestra, 2003, YAL/Meta 008

Tracks : Little Tree, Nanna, Morphic Resonance, Lobelia, Euphorbia, Rock, Trace Elements, Root Pressure, Amanita, Formative Impulses: Part 1 - Branch/Part 2 - Rain/Part 3 - Seed, Moisture Droplet, Chaotic Attractors

Musicians : Woodwinds: Yusef Lateef, Bennie Maupin, Ralph Jones, Ellen Burr, David Philipson, Emily Hay, Pablo Calogero, Gustavo Bulgach, Paul Sherman, Sara Schoenbeck, Fawntice Mccain, Tracy Wannomae, Matt Zebley, Chris Heenan, Cory Wright, Karen Elaine Bakunin / Percussion: Alex Cline, Munyungo Jackson, Harris Eisenstadt, Miles Shrewsbery, Andres Renteria

Notes : Recorded live at Electric Lounge in Venice, California on March 1 & 2, 2003.


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Plays Piano Concerto No. 2 By Yusef Lateef, Nadine Shank, 2003, YAL 984

Tracks : 1st Movement: Allegro Con Brio, 2nd Movement: Adagio, 3rd Movement: Scherzo

Musicians : Nadine Shank


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At The Bottom Line, Yusef Lateef, 2006, YAL 090

Tracks : Stocking Cap, Sweet Love, Somebody Said, Bionic Booga, 125 Eighth Ave., Stay In Contact With Your Mind, Sister Mammie, Robot Man

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Khalid Moss, Steve Neil, Albert "Tootie" Heath

Notes : Recorded live at The Bottom Line in New York and November 12, 1977.


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Towards The Unknown, Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph, 2010, Meta/YAL 012

Tracks : Concerto For Brother Yusef: First Train / Southside / Reflections / Mysterious Affinities / Six Trees / A Better Day, Percussion Concerto (For Adam Rudolph): First Movement / Second Movement

Musicians : Yusef Lateef (on Concerto For Brother Yusef), Adam Rudolph, Go: Organic Orchestra Strings (on Concerto For Brother Yusef), Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble (on Percussion Concerto)


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I'm Grateful, Yusef Lateef, 2010?, YAL 000 110

Tracks : (To be added)

Musicians : Yusef Lateef


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Live At Roulette: Yusef Lateef Original Compositions, Various Artists, 2013, YAL ?

Tracks : String Quartet no. 2. 2012, Trio in December 1998 op. 2 no. 2, Autophysiopsychic (variations for piano) 2012, When

Musicians : Track 1: Momenta Quartet (Emilie-Anne Gendron, Adda Kridler, Stephanie Griffin, Michael Haas) / Track 2: J D Parran, Marty Ehrlich, Alan Won / Track 3: Taka Kigawa / Track 4: Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Matt Waugh

Notes : Recorded live at Roulette in Brooklyn on April 6, 2013.


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Voice Prints, Yusef Lateef / Roscoe Mitchell / Adam Rudolph / Douglas R. Ewart, 2013, Meta/YAL 018

Tracks : Voice Prints, Sound Search, Harpers Ferry, Morning Moves

Musicians : Yusef Lateef, Roscoe Mitchell, Adam Rudolph, Douglas R. Ewart

Notes : Recorded live at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis in December 2008


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Yusef Lateef's METAMUSIC, Eternal Wind, 2020?, (possible YAL release)

Tracks : Saturday Morning, Thursday Morning, Sunday Morning, Monday Afternoon, Sunday Night, Monday Morning, Wednesday Morning, Thursday Evening, Midnight, Sunday Afternoon, Friday Afternoon, Tuesday Afternoon, Saturday Afternoon

Musicians : Ralph Miles Jones, III, Federico Ramos, Adam Rudolph, Charles Moore


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Last updated July 2022