Yusef Lateef's Autophysiopsychic Quest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingrid Monson (0000-0002-6929-7821, Adwa-Pan African University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 148 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 104-114 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01746 |
| OpenAlex | W2924518759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
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
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Clearance · Dream · Epistemology · Faith · Flute · Friendship · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Mysticism · Neologism · Social science · Sociology · Trance · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |