Dakar (album)
1963 studio album by Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne with John Coltrane
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Dakar is a jazz album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1963 through Prestige Records.[1][2]
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
| Dakar | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1963[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | April 20, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7280 | |||
| Producer | Teddy Charles | |||
| Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne with John Coltrane chronology | ||||
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Dakar is a reissue of one side of the 16+2⁄3 rpm LP Baritones and French Horns (released in 1958), a portion of which was recorded on April 20, 1957 (the same day Dakar was recorded), and which was 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.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |    [3] |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [7] |
In a review for AllMusic, Lindsay Planer wrote: "Although at the time these were considered 'leaderless' units, upon hearing the interaction of the participants, modern ears might desire to qualify that statement" given the nature of Coltrane's contribution.[4]
Chris May of All About Jazz commented: "It's rough and ready music, almost certainly rehearsed for the first time in the studio... but it sure is ready... A minor chapter in the Coltrane canon it may be, but Dakar is a characterful set of propulsive, pre-codification hard bop and still a delight over half a century later."[3]
Track listing
- "Dakar" (Teddy Charles) — 7:09
- "Mary's Blues" (Pepper Adams) — 6:47
- "Route 4" (Charles) — 6:55
- "Velvet Scene" (Waldron) — 4:53
- "Witches Pit" (Adams) — 6:42
- "Catwalk" (Charles) — 7:11
Personnel
- John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Mal Waldron - piano
- Doug Watkins - bass
- Art Taylor - drums
