Gold Coast
Compilation album by
John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden
Released1977
RecordedMay 13 and June 24, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
LabelSavoy Records
SJL 1115[1]
ProducerOzzie Cadena

Gold Coast is a compilation album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden, released in 1977 just after Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions, featuring pieces recorded during the two 1958 sessions that produced Tanganyika Strut and Jazz Way Out.[2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "John Coltrane's Savoy recordings with fluegelhornist Wilbur Harden are enjoyable but not particularly innovative... Despite all of the emphasis on Africa in the song titles, the music is essentially American bebop featuring Coltrane, Harden and trombonist Curtis Fuller; Harden and Fuller contributed two originals apiece. This album is a companion of Dial Africa."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Tanganyika Strut" – 9:57
  2. "Dial Africa" – 8:42
  3. "Gold Coast" – 14:34
  4. "B.J." – 4:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Weinstein, Norman C. (May 16, 1993). A Night in Tunisia: Imaginings of Africa in Jazz. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879101671 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Porter, Lewis; DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Wild, David; Schmaler, Wolf (2008). The John Coltrane Reference. Routledge. p. 518.
  3. ^ Porter, Lewis; DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Wild, David; Schmaler, Wolf (2008). The John Coltrane Reference. Routledge. p. 527.
  4. ^ a b "Gold Coast - John Coltrane | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 48. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.


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