Lateef succeeds in uniting the two in eastern sounds where others fell short. Find yusef lateef discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Eastern sounds turns 50 article by alan bryson, published on september, 2011 at all about jazz. Eastern sounds is an album by jazz saxophonist and multiinstrumentalist yusef lateef, recorded in 1961. Buy eastern sounds remastered by yusef lateef on bleep.
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