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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.
Learn about the life and work of Yusef Lateef, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator who blended jazz, classical, and world music. Explore his albums, videos, art, and more on his official website.
Biography of Dr. Yusef A. Lateef - multi-instrumentalist, composer, author, philosopher and visual artist.
Sep 7, 2018 · A guide to 10 albums by the jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer, who blended jazz, R&B and Eastern influences. From his early experiments with Middle Eastern instruments to his soul-jazz classics on Atlantic, Lateef's music is culturally diverse and adventurous.
Dec 24, 2013 · Yusef Lateef, a Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator who brought the sounds of world music to jazz and became one of the first jazz musicians to convert to the...
Dec 23, 2013 · Yusef Lateef, who played flute, saxophone, oboe and many exotic instruments, passed away in 2013 after battling prostate cancer. He was a Grammy winner, a NEA Jazz Master, and a cultural ambassador who blended jazz with world music and eastern influences.
Yusef Lateef is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest masters and innovators in the African American tradition of autophysiopsychic music - that which comes from one’s spiritual ...