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{{Short description|American jazz musician (1920β2013)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Yusef Lateef | image = Yusef Lateef.jpg | caption = Lateef in a 2007 performance | birth_name = William Emanuel Huddleston | alias = Yusef Lateef | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|10|09}} | birth_place = [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|23|1920|10|09}} | death_place = [[Shutesbury, Massachusetts]], U.S. | instrument = [[Tenor saxophone]], [[flute]], [[oboe]], [[bassoon]], [[bamboo flute]], [[shehnai]], [[shofar]], [[arghul]], [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]], [[piano]], [[vocals]]. | genre = [[New-age music|New-age]], [[jazz]], [[post-bop]], [[jazz fusion]], [[swing (genre)|swing]], [[hard bop]], [[third stream]], [[world music]] | occupation = Musician, composer, educator, spokesman, author | years_active = 1955β2013 | label = [[Savoy Records|Savoy]], [[Prestige Records|Prestige]], [[Verve Records|Verve]], [[Riverside Records|Riverside]], [[Impulse Records|Impulse]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[CTI Records|CTI]], YAL | past_member_of = [[Cannonball Adderley]] | website = {{URL|yuseflateef.com/}} }} '''Yusef Abdul Lateef''' (born '''William Emanuel Huddleston'''; October 9, 1920 β December 23, 2013) was an American [[jazz]] multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the [[Ahmadiyya in the United States|Ahmadiyya Community in the United States]]. Although Lateef's main instruments were the [[tenor saxophone]] and [[flute]], he also played [[oboe]] and [[bassoon]], both rare in jazz, and non-western instruments such as the [[bamboo flute]], [[shanai]], [[shofar]], [[Xun (instrument)|xun]], [[arghul]] and [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]]. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "[[Eastern world|Eastern]]" music.<ref>Farberman, Brad, [http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/lateef-yusef-william-evans "Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans)"], ''Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians'' β {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223235742/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/lateef-yusef-william-evans |date=December 23, 2012 }}. Retrieved April 6, 2013.</ref> Peter Keepnews, in his ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played [[world music]] before world music had a name".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/arts/music/yusef-lateef-innovative-jazz-saxophonist-and-flutist-dies-at-93.html|title=Yusef Lateef, Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist, Dies at 93|first=Peter|last=Keepnews|date=December 24, 2013|website=The New York Times}}</ref> Lateef's books included two novellas titled ''A Night in the Garden of Love'' and ''Another Avenue'', the short story collections ''Spheres'' and ''Rain Shapes'', and his autobiography, ''The Gentle Giant,'' written in collaboration with [[Herb Boyd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Yusef_Lateef_Comes_to_Grace_Cathedral_8615.html|first=E. "Doc" |last=Smith|title=Yusef Lateef Comes to Grace Cathedral|website=BeyondChron|date=October 22, 2010|access-date=2010-11-11}}</ref> Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing company. He published his own work through Fana, including ''Yusef Lateef's Flute Book of the Blues'' and many of his orchestral compositions.
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