A Prayer Before Dawn (album)
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A Prayer Before Dawn is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1987 and released on the Theresa label that year.
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Track listing
All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated
- "The Light at the Edge of the World" (Piero Piccioni) - 5:08
- "Dedication to James W. Clark" - 5:15
- "Softly for Shyla" (William Henderson) - 5:21
- "The Greatest Love of All" (Linda Creed, Michael Masser) - 8:23
- "Midnight at Yoshi's" - 5:57
- "Living Space" (John Coltrane) - 4:32
- "After the Rain" (Coltrane) - 6:34
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) - 7:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 7:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
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Personnel
- Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, miscellaneous instruments
- William Henderson - piano, synthesizer
- John Hicks - piano (track 7)
- Lynn Taussig - sarod, chandrasarang (track 5)
- Alvin Queen - drums (track 5)
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