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External instruments are only extensions of the biological instrument.
Yusef Lateef
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Yusef Lateef
Age: 93 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 9
Died: 2013
Died: December 23
Composer
Jazz Musician
Multi-Instrumentalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Oboist
Recording Artist
Saxophonist
University Teacher
Chattanooga
Tennessee
William Emanuel Huddleston
Yusef Abdul Lateef
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