Bahia (album)

Bahia is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1965 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7353. It is assembled from unissued results of two separate recording sessions at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1958. As Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s long after he had stopped recording for the label, Prestige used unissued recordings to create new marketable albums without Coltrane's input or approval. Bahia is the last known album of this category while recording with Prestige.

Bahia
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	May 1965[1]
Recorded	July 11, 1958 (#3-4) December 26, 1958 (#1-2, 5)
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	36:27
Label	Prestige PRLP 7353
Producer	Bob Weinstock

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Track listing

1. "Bahia" (Ary Barroso) – 6:17
2. "Goldsboro Express" (Coltrane) – 4:45
3. "My Ideal" (Richard Whiting and Newell Chase (m) - Leo Robin (w)) – 7:35
4. "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All" (Ray Henderson (m) - Buddy De Sylva and Ray Brown (w)) – 7:02
5. "Something I Dreamed Last Night" (Sammy Fain (m) - Jack Yellen and Herb Magidson (w)) – 10:48

Personnel

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 3, 4)
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (track 5)
• Red Garland – piano (tracks 1, 3-5)
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Taylor – drums (track 1-2,5)
• Jimmy Cobb – drums (tracks 3-4)

References

1. Billboard May 29, 1965
2. Bahia at AllMusic
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.