Stupefaction

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Stupefaction Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Yusef Lateef - Live at Whole Foods (NYC) How strange is the music business getting? Anyway, thanks once again to our friend Andy Schwartz, check this out: This weekend, as part of something called the "Gibson/Baldwin Jazz Festival" (as in Gibson Guitars and Baldwin Pianos), multi-instrumental jazz great Yusef Lateef will appear at the Whole Foods store on East Houston Street @ Bowery. Beginning at 2:00pm, Dr. Lateef will be signing copies of his new book, The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef. At 3:00pm, trumpeter Ted Curson and the Spirit of Life Ensemble will perform with Yusef as their special guest. The Gibson/Baldwin Jazz Festival is free and open to the public. On Oct. 9, 2007, Yusef Lateef celebrated his 87th birthday. See: http://www.yuseflateef.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Lateef Whole Foods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/calendars/HOU.html

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