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Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef has been played over 230 times on NTS, first on 4 November 2012. Yusef Lateef's music has been featured on 224 episodes.

Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was 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…

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Like It Is
Yusef Lateef
Atlantic1968
Like It Is
Yusef LateefAtlantic1968
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Love Theme From Spartacus
Yusef Lateef
Prestige1961
Love Theme From Spartacus
Yusef LateefPrestige1961
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The Plum Blossom
Yusef Lateef
Moodsville1961
The Plum Blossom
Yusef LateefMoodsville1961
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First Gymnopedie
Yusef Lateef
Impulse!1965
First Gymnopedie
Yusef LateefImpulse!1965
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Purple Flower
Yusef Lateef
Moodsville1961
Purple Flower
Yusef LateefMoodsville1961
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Woodward Avenue
Yusef Lateef
Atlantic1969
Woodward Avenue
Yusef LateefAtlantic1969
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Before Dawn
Yusef Lateef
Verve Records1957
Before Dawn
Yusef LateefVerve Records1957
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Eboness
Yusef Lateef
Atlantic1970
Eboness
Yusef LateefAtlantic1970
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Juba Juba
Yusef Lateef
Atlantic1968
Juba Juba
Yusef LateefAtlantic1968
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Mystique
Yusef Lateef
Atlantic1976
Mystique
Yusef LateefAtlantic1976
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