Mating Call

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Mating Call
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary or March 1957 [1] [2]
RecordedNovember 30, 1956
Genre Jazz
Length34:45
Label Prestige
Producer Bob Weinstock
Tadd Dameron chronology
Fontainebleau
(1956)
Mating Call
(1957)
The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron
(1962)
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Mating Call is a studio album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron with saxophonist John Coltrane, issued in early 1957 on Prestige Records. [1] [2] It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Tadd Dameron.

  1. "Mating Call" – 5:57
  2. "Gnid" – 5:07
  3. "Soultrane" – 5:24
  4. "On a Misty Night" – 6:23
  5. "Romas" – 7:45
  6. "Super Jet" – 6:00

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Porter, Lewis, ed. (2013). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 451. ISBN   9781135112578.
  2. 1 2 "Mating Call". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 9 March 1957. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. Mating Call at AllMusic
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 56. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 328. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.