Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions

Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions
Compilation album by
John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden
Released1977
RecordedMay 13 & June 24, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
LabelSavoy
SJL 1110
ProducerOzzie Cadena
John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden chronology
Black Pearls
(1958) 		Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions
(1977) 		Gold Coast
(1958)

Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions is a compilation album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden released in 1977, featuring pieces recorded during the two 1958 sessions that produced Tanganyika Strut and Jazz Way Out.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "Coltrane and Harden were in many ways a dream team: Coltrane's already fiery playing, which pushed bop phrasing to the seam and split it, is anchored beautifully by Harden's deeply lyrical and airy playing. They weave through one another with great balance and poise, particularly on the slightly funky title cut. Of the four sessions Coltrane and Harden recorded together, start with this one."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Dial Africa" [Take 2, Master] (Wilbur Harden)   – 8:42
  2. "Anedac" (Wilbur Harden)  – 5:12
  3. "B.J." [Take 2] (Wilbur Harden)  – 4:56
  4. "B.J." [Take 3, Master] (Wilbur Harden)  – 4:32
  5. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards (m) - Bud Green (w))  – 9:28
  6. "Oomba" (Wilbur Harden)  – 5:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Dial Africa at Discogs
  2. ^ a b Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions at AllMusic
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.