| LC control no. | n 88144464 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.L347 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Lateef, Yusef |
| Variant(s) | Evans, Bill, 1920-2013 Evans, William, 1920-2013 Huddleston, William Emanuel Lateef, Yusef A. |
| See also | Corporate body: Cannonball Adderley Sextet Corporate body: Yusef Lateef Quintet |
| Birth date | 19201009 |
| Death date | 20131223 |
| Place of birth | Chattanooga (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Shutesbury (Mass. : Town) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Saxophonist Flute player Jazz musician Composer |
| Found in | His Transcribed solos for flute, oboe, and tenor saxophone, c1970: t.p. (Yusef Lateef) LC data base, 2-16-88 (hdg.: Lateef, Yusef A.) New Grove dict. of jazz (Lateef, Yusef (Evans, Bill (William)); b. Oct. 9, 1920, Chattanooga, TN; tenor saxophonist and composer) New York times (online), viewed Dec. 26, 2013 (in obituary published Dec. 24: Yusef Lateef; b. Oct. 9, 1920, Chattanooga, Tenn.; many sources give his birth name as William Evans, the name under which he performed and recorded before converting to Islam in the late 1940s and changing his name to Yusef Abdul Lateef, but according to Mr. Lateef's website, he was born William Emanuel Huddleston; d. Monday [Dec. 23, 2013], Shutesbury, Mass., aged 93; jazz saxophonist and flutist who spent his career crossing musical boundaries) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 00052569 |
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