Yusef Lateef with Douglas Ewart, Roscoe Mitchell, and Adam Rudolph

“Yusef Lateef is an artist in the purest form of the word.” -Jazz Weekly

In a rare appearance - his first time to the Twin Cities for more than a decade—legendary Grammy-winning composer/multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef and longtime collaborator/ percussionist Adam Rudolph join forces with Twin Cities–based instrument builder Douglas Ewart and long-time Art Ensemble of Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell for an evening of freewheeling free jazz. Nearly 50 years ago, Lateef was one of the first musicians to deeply study global musical traditions, stirring them into his own compositions with abandon and leading the way for many of today’s world music fusions. 

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The Northrop Jazz season at the University of Minnesota is supported by KBEM Jazz88 FM and the Twin Cities Jazz Society.