Taylor's Wailers

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Taylor's Wailers
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 25, 1957 (#1, 3-6)
March 22, 1957 (#2)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz
Length41:00
Label Prestige
PRLP 7117
Producer Bob Weinstock
Art Taylor chronology
Taylor's Wailers
(1957)
Taylor's Tenors
(1959)
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Taylor's Wailers is the debut album by drummer Art Taylor, released in 1957 on Prestige. It features tracks recorded mainly on February 25, 1957 plus a track from a different session featuring John Coltrane on saxophone. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Batland" (Lee Sears) 9:52
  2. "C.T.A." (Jimmy Heath) 4:43
  3. "Exhibit A" (Sears) 6:16
  4. "Cubano Chant" (Bryant) 6:36
  5. "Off Minor" (Monk) 5:38
  6. "Well You Needn't" (Monk) 7:55

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3–6

Track 2

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References

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  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1378. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. At JazzDisco