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Beteiligte: Monson, Ingrid
In: Daedalus, 148, 2019, 2, S. 104-114
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Umfang: 104-114
ISSN: 0011-5266
1548-6192
DOI: 10.1162/daed_a_01746
veröffentlicht in: Daedalus
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: MIT Press - Journals (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> Yusef Lateef's neologism for jazz was autophysiopsychic, meaning “music from one's physical, mental and spiritual self.” Lateef condensed in this term a very considered conception linking the intellectual and the spiritual based in his faith as an Ahmadiyya Muslim and his lifelong commitment to both Western and non-Western intellectual explorations. Lateef's distinctive voice as an improviser is traced with respect to his autophysiopsychic exploration of world instruments including flutes, double reeds, and chordophones, and his friendship with John Coltrane. The two shared a love of spiritual exploration as well as the study of science, physics, symmetry, and mathematics. Lateef's ethnomusicological research on Hausa music in Nigeria, as well as his other writings and visual art, deepen our understanding of him as an artist-scholar who cleared the way for the presence of autophysiopsychic musicians in the academy. </jats:p>