"Dakar" is a jazz album credited to saxophonist John Coltrane. It was released in November or December 1963 on Prestige Records. "Dakar" is a reissue of one side of "Baritones and French Horns" (1958), a session led by Pepper Adams and Cecil Payne on which Coltrane was a sideman. "The french horns" side of the album was reissued as Prestige ST 8305, Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns.
"Dakar" was one of several 1960s Prestige reissues featuring Coltrane to take advantage of his growing stardom in the 1960s.
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John Coltrane - Dakar (1957).
Tracklist:
1. Mary's Blues (Teddy Charles).
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Personnel:
1. John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
2. Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
3. Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
4. Mal Waldron - piano
5. Doug Watkins - bass
6. Art Taylor - drums.
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Genre: Jazz/Hard Bop
Recorded: at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey; April 20, 1957.
Format: LP
Release: 1965 (Japan)
Label: Prestige - SMJ-7312
Design, Photography By [Photo] - Don Schlitten
Liner Notes - David A. Himmelstein
Recorded By [Recording] - Rudy Van Gelder
Supervised By [Supervision] - Teddy Charles.