Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. He plays principally on tenor saxophone and flute. He is known for his innovative blending of "Eastern" music with American jazz. He also plays the oboe, bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, arghul, sarewa, and koto.

Dr. Yusef Lateef (born October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. He plays principally on tenor saxophone and flute. He is known for his innovative blending of “Eastern” music with American jazz. He also plays the oboe, bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, argol, sarewa, and koto. Lateef has expressed a dislike of the terms “jazz” and “jazz musician” as musical generalizations. As is so often the case with such generalizations, the use of these terms do understate the breadth of his sou