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Yusef Lateef

1920 - 2013

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Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the 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, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "Eastern" music. Peter Keepnews, in his New York Times obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played world music before world music had a name". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yusef Lateef is the 901st most popular musician (down from 812th in 2019), the 4,814th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,071st in 2019) and the 294th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yusef Lateef ranks 901 out of 3,175. Before him are Chuck Schuldiner, Mel Collins, Chas Chandler, Dimebag Darrell, Noel Redding, and Ingo Schwichtenberg. After him are Richie Havens, Art Pepper, Rico Rodriguez, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Al Kooper, and Jackson Browne.

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Among people born in 1920, Yusef Lateef ranks 213. Before him are Danilo Alvim, Clifton James, Katsuko Saruhashi, Milton George Henschel, Christopher Robin Milne, and Lygia Clark. After him are Françoise d'Eaubonne, Koichi Tohei, Augusto da Costa, Camillo Felgen, Willie Watson, and Pierre Poujade. Among people deceased in 2013, Yusef Lateef ranks 197. Before him are Emile Griffith, John Tavener, Alain Mimoun, Hiroshi Nakajima, Saye Zerbo, and Anca Petrescu. After him are Richie Havens, Armando Trovajoli, Aleksandr Serebrov, Jim Hall, Aslan Usoyan, and Vlatko Marković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yusef Lateef ranks 4,814 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Harrison (1936), James Hillman (1926), Maurice Greene (1974), Kevin McCarthy (1914), Gabriel Almond (1911), and Bill W. (1895). After him are Richie Havens (1941), Art Pepper (1925), Pamela Reed (1949), Rita Coolidge (1945), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), and Tuesday Weld (1943).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Yusef Lateef ranks 294. Before him are Roy Ayers (1940), Billy Sheehan (1953), Tommy Thayer (1960), Sam Phillips (1923), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), and Dimebag Darrell (1966). After him are Richie Havens (1941), Art Pepper (1925), Al Kooper (1944), Blackie Lawless (1956), Wanda Jackson (1937), and Gary Burton (1943).

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