Dakar (album)

Dakar is a jazz album credited to saxophonist John Coltrane. It was released in November or December 1963 on Prestige Records.[1][2]

Dakar
Studio album by
Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne with John Coltrane
ReleasedNovember or December 1963[1][2]
RecordedApril 20, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
Length39:37
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7280
ProducerTeddy Charles
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

Dakar is a reissue of one side of the 16+2⁄3 rpm LP Baritones and French Horns (1958), a session led by Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne on which Coltrane was a sideman.

Dakar was one of several 1960s Prestige reissues featuring Coltrane to take advantage of his growing stardom in the 1960s.

Track listing
  1. "Dakar" (Teddy Charles) — 7:09
  2. "Mary's Blues" (Pepper Adams) — 6:47
  3. "Route 4" (Charles) — 6:55
  4. "Velvet Scene" (Waldron) — 4:53
  5. "Witches Pit" (Adams) — 6:42
  6. "Catwalk" (Charles) — 7:11

Personnel

References
  1. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (November 2, 1963). "10 LPs & 4 Singles In Prestige Nov. Release" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 465. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. Dakar at AllMusic
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 48. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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