In early 2008, just months after I started JazzWax, I listened to Yusef Lateef's 1968 album The Golden Flute and fell in love with it. So much so that I wanted to interview him. But when I went to his site, I came face to face with a black-and-white photo of Yusef set under an ominous sky. Yusef seemed to be put out, glaring at the lens (photo below). D…
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