URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Yusef Abdul
Variants
- Evans, Bill, 1920-2013
- Evans, William, 1920-2013
- Huddleston, William Emanuel
- Lateef, Yusef A.
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1920-10-09
Death Date
- 2013-12-23
Birth Place
- Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Saxophonist
Flute player
Jazz musician
Composer
Additional Related Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Transcribed solos for flute, oboe, and tenor saxophone, c1970:t.p. (Yusef Lateef)
- found: LC data base, 2-16-88(hdg.: Lateef, Yusef A.)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Lateef, Yusef (Evans, Bill (William)); b. Oct. 9, 1920, Chattanooga, TN; tenor saxophonist and composer)
- found: 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)
LC Classification
- ML419.L347
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Change Notes
- 1988-03-18: new
- 2021-06-11: revised
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