Prayer to the East is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012
The title track was composed by the bassist Ali Jackson, the brother of drummer Oliver Jackson.
Reception
The Allmusic site stated: "Prayer to the East by Yusef Lateef remains a seemingly blessed moment of creative interaction between American modern jazz and the music of the so-called Arab East".Chadbourne, E. Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:55 "Endura" (Yusef Lateef) - 13:10 "Prayer to the East" (Ali JacksonFitzgerald, Michael. "Wilbur Harden Discography" Retrieved 9 July 2013.) - 8:19 "Love Dance" (Les Baxter) - 6:46 "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 6:37
Personnel Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, tracks 3 and 4, tambourine Wilbur Harden - flugelhorn Hugh Lawson - piano, ocarina Ernie Farrow - bass Oliver Jackson - drums, gong
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