Jazz Man Yusef Lateef, Who Embraced World Music, Dies at 93

Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the first to incorporate world music into...

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Jazz Man Yusef Lateef, Who Embraced World Music, Dies at 93 Grammy-winning musician and composer Yusef Lateef, one of the first to incorporate world music into traditional jazz, has died Monday at his home in Shutesbury in western Massachusetts. He was 93....

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