Dakar (album)

Dakar is a Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne album credited in its reissue form to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1963 on Prestige Records (catalogue 7280). Dakar is a reissue of one side of a 16 rpm LP called Baritones and French Horns, originally released in 1957. It was also originally credited to the "Prestige All Stars".

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

As Coltrane's profile grew during the 1960s and after his Prestige contract had ended, the record company assembled and reissued various recordings John Coltrane participated in with his name prominently displayed. Though in many cases, as on Dakar, he had originally been a sideman.

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. Dakar at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 48. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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