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[edit] Birth name

Some sources cite "William Evans" as Yusef Lateef's name of birth

You're right, many sites do (http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/ylcat.htm is one), but as William Emanuel Huddleston is what it says in the biography on his official website (http://www.yuseflateef.com/AboutYusef.html) I think we should stick with that.

--Bungopolis 23:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

You're right. I did some additional research and apparently Lateef appears under the name William Evans on recordings with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra in 1949. Huddleston is indeed his birthname.

The Wikipedia entry on Lateef could use some additional comments on his stint with the Cannonball Adderley Sextet in the 60s.

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yusef is the man! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.22.40 (talk) 05:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)