American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator. He won a Grammy Award in 1987.
Yusef Lateef | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | William Emanuel Huddleston |
Also known as | Yusef Lateef |
Born | Chattanooga, Tennessee United States | October 9, 1920
Died | December 23, 2013 93) Shutesbury, Massachusetts United States | (aged
Genres | New Age music, jazz, post-bop, jazz fusion, swing, hard bop, third stream, autophysiopsychic music, world music |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator, spokesman, author |
Instruments | Tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon, bamboo flute, shehnai, shofar, arghul, koto |
Years active | 1957 – 2013 |
Labels | Savoy, Prestige, Verve, Riverside, Impulse, Atlantic, CTI, YAL Records |
Website | www |
Lateef mainly played the tenor saxophone and flute. He also played oboe and bassoon. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with "Eastern" music.
He became a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.
Lateef died at the age of 93 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. He had suffered from prostate cancer.[1]
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