John Coltrane, Wilbur Harden
Dial Africa (LP)
LabelSavoy RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
The 1958 Savoy sessions co-led with flugelhornist Wilbur Harden, built on African themes years before such gestures became common currency in jazz - a quiet piece of prophecy from the middle of the hard bop era. John Coltrane relaxed and lyrical over long, easy grooves, with Tommy Flanagan's elegant piano in the rhythm section and Harden's round, mellow tone as the perfect contrast to the tenor's edge. This corner of the discography stays criminally underrated: no fireworks, no manifesto, just beautiful playing on open forms with Africa on the horizon. The vault sessions that reward everyone who bothers to visit them.
Release notes
Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey May 13 and June 29 1958 (A1 and B3). Material except for A3 previously issued on Savoy 130004 and 130005. ℗&© 1977 Arista Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Wilbur Harden is misspelled as Hardin on the front cover
| A1 | Dial Africa | 8:42 | |
| A2 | Anedac | 5:15 | |
| A3 | B.J. (a/k/a B.G. - 2) | 4:55 | |
| B1 | B.J. (a/k/a B.G. - Master, 3) | 4:30 | |
| B2 | Once In A While | 9:30 | |
| B3 | Oomba | 5:30 |
- Bob Heimall
- Art Direction
- Ron Kellum
- Artwork [Cover], Design
- Al Jackson
- Bass
- Art Taylor
- Drums
- Rudy Van Gelder
- Engineer
- Steve Backer
- Executive-Producer
- Robert Palmer
- Liner Notes
- Al Brown
- Mastered By
- Bob Parent
- Photography By
- Howard Williams
- Piano (A2 to B2)
- Tommy Flanagan
- Piano (A1, B3)
- Ozzie Cadena
- Producer [Original Sessions]
- Bob Porter
- Reissue Producer
- John Coltrane
- Tenor Saxophone
- Curtis Fuller
- Trombone
- Wilbur Harden
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
