Prayer to the East

Prayer to the East
Prayer to the East
Studio album by Yusef Lateef
Released	1957
Recorded	October 10, 1957; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:47
Label	Savoy; MG 12117
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Yusef Lateef chronology

Prayer to the East is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label.^[1]

The title track was composed by Ali Jackson, drummer Oliver Jackson's brother.^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

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".^[3]

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 Jackson^[2]) - 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

References[]

^ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fitzgerald, Michael. "Wilbur Harden Discography" Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Chadbourne, E. Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012

[1] Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012

[fitz-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fitzgerald, Michael. "Wilbur Harden Discography" Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Chadbourne, E. Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012

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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Jazz for the Thinker (1957) Jazz Mood (1957) Before Dawn (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957) Prayer to the East (1957) The Sounds of Yusef (1957) Other Sounds (1957) Lateef at Cranbrook (1958) The Dreamer (1959) The Fabric of Jazz (1959) Cry! – Tender (1959) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef\|Contemplation (1960) The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960) The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) Lost in Sound (1961) Eastern Sounds (1961) Into Something (1961) Jazz 'Round the World (1963) Live at Pep's (1964) 1984 (1965) Psychicemotus (1965) A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1966) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1971) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) Part of the Search (1973) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976) Autophysiopsychic (1977) In a Temple Garden (1979) In Nigeria (1983) Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
Split album	Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)
With others	The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s) Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955) Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960) My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960) 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960) Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960) Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961) The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962) Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964) Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971) Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974) Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977) Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)
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