Word: lateef
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yusef Lateef, at the Jazz Workshop through Sunday, is a versatile, unpredictable jazzman. He plays a lot of different instruments, mostly reeds, in a lot of different styles with wildly fluctuating bands. He was into African music in the late '60s, but lately he's gone somewhat commercial, recording nostalgic '30s swing material. It's hard to tell what you'll get here, but when he wants to be, Lateef is a real virtuoso...
...Yuseff Lateef begins a seven day stint at the Jazz Workshop. It is hard to predict where Lateef and his several instruments will take you. His last record, "Part of the Search," was a commercial, nostalgic attempt at the Swing music of the Thirties. It's probably a good idea to listen to WBCN's latest broadcast tonight before you shell out your money...
...high cost of importing fuel will force the government to cut oil imports to the bone and allocate the tight supplies. The steel, fertilizer and railroad industries will receive priority, but even the railroads are building steam locomotives rather than more efficient, but oil-burning, diesels. Overall, says Sarwar Lateef, a respected economics journalist, the impact of the oil crisis makes India's five-year plan an exercise in "cuckoo-land optimism...