Prayer to the East

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Prayer to the East
File:Prayer to the East.jpg
Studio album by
Yusef Lateef
Released1957
RecordedOctober 10, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length44:47
LabelSavoy
MG 12117
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Yusef Lateef chronology
Jazz and the Sounds of Nature
(1957) 		Prayer to the East
(1957) 		The Sounds of Yusef
(1957)

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
SourceRating
AllmusicFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star half.svgFile:Star empty.svg[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

  1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:55
  2. "Endura" (Yusef Lateef) - 13:10
  3. "Prayer to the East" (Ali Jackson[2]) - 8:19
  4. "Love Dance" (Les Baxter) - 6:46
  5. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 6:37

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Yusef Lateef discography accessed July 18, 2012
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fitzgerald, Michael. "Wilbur Harden Discography" Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chadbourne, E. Allmusic Review, accessed July 18, 2012
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