Yusef Lateef

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Chattanooga TN, United States (1920 – present)

Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator and a renowned spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to Islam in 1950. Lateef was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but his family moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1925.

Although Lateef’s main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he is known for his innovative blending of jazz with Eastern music. In addition to the oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, Lateef plays various non-North-American music instruments, notably the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, arghul, sarewa, and koto.

Top Tracks

1	The Plum Blossom	100
2	Blues For The Orient	68
2	Love Theme from Spartacus	68
4	Don't Blame Me	67
5	The Three Faces Of Balal	59
6	Snafu	58
7	Purple Flower	54
8	Love Theme From "Spartacus"	51
9	Love Theme From "The Robe"	46
10	Chinq Miau	35
11	Ching Miau	26
12	You've Changed	20
13	Like It Is	18
13	Eastern Market	18
15	If You Could See Me Now	17