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Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book 'Art as Experience,' you can't separate experience from the work of art. So, if I write for the symphony today, you're listening to everything that's happened to me since I was 18 years old.

Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef

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Born: October 9, 1920

Died: December 23, 2013 (aged 93)

Bio: Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America, in 1950.

Known for:

Eastern Sounds (1962)
The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
Live at Pep's (1964)
Autophysiopsychic (1977)

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