Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions

Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions
Compilation album by John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden
Released	1977
Recorded	May 13 & June 24, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Label	Savoy SJL 1110
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden chronology
Black Pearls (1958) Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions (1958) Gold Coast (1958)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

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.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Dial Africa" [Take 2, Master] – 8:42
2. "Anedac" – 5:12
3. "B.J." [Take 2] – 4:56
4. "B.J." [Take 3, Master] – 4:32
5. "Once in a While" – 9:28
6. "Oomba" – 5:31

Personnel

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano (#1, 6)
• Howard Williams – piano (#2–5)
• Alvin Jackson – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

References

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