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Yusef Lateef

1920 - 2013

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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. Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "Eastern" music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusef Lateef has received more than 745,645 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Yusef Lateef is the 834th most popular musician (up from 872nd in 2019), the 4,152nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,340th in 2019) and the 281st most popular American Musician.

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  • 750k

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  • 51.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yusef Lateef ranks 834 out of 2,662. Before him are Link Wray, Daniel Steibelt, Lindsey Buckingham, François Habeneck, Jackson Browne, and Arvīds Jansons. After him are Benny Carter, Holger Czukay, Charly García, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Albert Ayler, and Kerry King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yusef Lateef ranks 193. Before him are Fiorenzo Magni, Koichi Tohei, Clifton James, Celia Sánchez, Hans Ørberg, and Vlastimil Brodský. After him are Eddie Slovik, Hannie Schaft, Yves Robert, Karel Píč, Roberto M. Levingston, and John Lewis. Among people deceased in 2013, Yusef Lateef ranks 192. Before him are Hjalmar Andersen, Kevin Ayers, Jean Vincent, Lothar Bisky, Hiroshi Nakajima, and Aníbal Paz. After him are Otto Muehl, Robert N. Bellah, Józef Glemp, Emile Griffith, Pietro Mennea, and Tony Musante.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yusef Lateef ranks 4,152 out of 18,182. Before him are David Foster Wallace (1962), David Hedison (1927), Randy Crawford (1952), Ciara (1985), Lee Konitz (1927), and Tony Hawk (1968). After him are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Andrew Robinson (1942), Stand Watie (1806), Olive Thomas (1894), Kevin Smith (1970), and Joss Whedon (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Yusef Lateef ranks 281. Before him are James Ingram (1952), Paul Gilbert (1966), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Doug Clifford (1945), Link Wray (1929), and Lindsey Buckingham (1949). After him are Benny Carter (1907), Albert Ayler (1936), Kerry King (1964), John Mayer (1977), Billy Sheehan (1953), and Gary Burton (1943).

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