{"id":786,"date":"2010-08-13T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=786"},"modified":"2010-08-13T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:08:25","slug":"yusef-lateef-and-adam-rudolph-towards-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/yusef-lateef-and-adam-rudolph-towards-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"YUSEF LATEEF AND ADAM RUDOLPH + Towards the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Towards-the-Unknown-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-787\" title=\"Towards-the-Unknown-M3-Review-May2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Towards-the-Unknown-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\" alt=\"Towards the Unknown\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Towards-the-Unknown-M3-Review-May2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Towards-the-Unknown-M3-Review-May2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Y<\/strong><strong>USEF LATEEF AND ADAM RUDOLPH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Towards the Unknown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Meta]<\/p>\n<p>Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph get so much out of so little. Lateef, 90, remains one of the most adventurous composers and performers in jazz and an improviser nonpareil. Armed with tenor saxophone and several flutes, he and longtime percussionist collaborator Rudolph create rich sonic panoramas on <em>Towards the Unknown<\/em> by augmenting the spare instrumentation at the core with unconventional orchestral embellishment. The juxtapositions are often jarring. Lateef\u2019s otherworldly sax squawks and airy flutes meet up in Rudolph\u2019s six-part \u201cConcerto for Brother Yusef\u201d with the alternately atonal and luscious meanderings of the Go: Organic Orchestra Strings and Rudolph\u2019s own small arsenal of bangables. Rudolph uses exotic percussion instruments (and some electronic keyboards) not just for rhythmic grounding but for melodic accent, and the effect is enveloping in its grandeur. Deeply moving and often thrilling, the set in its entirety transcends genre and form and goes someplace else altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Jeff Tamarkin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YUSEF LATEEF AND ADAM RUDOLPH Towards the Unknown [Meta] Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph get so much out of so little. Lateef, 90, remains one of the most adventurous composers and performers in jazz and an improviser nonpareil. Armed with tenor saxophone and several flutes, he and longtime percussionist collaborator Rudolph create rich sonic panoramas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,70,420,419,418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}