Night Flight to Dakar + Xanadu in Africa (Xanadu Master Edition)

~ Release by Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Butler (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

| |
▼ CD 1: Night Flight to Dakar
#TitleRatingLength
1Night Flight to Dakar
recorded in:
Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
producer:
Don Schlitten
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-19)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-19) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-19)
recorded at:
Théâtre national Daniel Sorano in Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
live recording of:
Night Flight to Dakar (on 1980-03-19)
composer:
Charles "Dolo" Coker
8:45
2Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
recorded in:
Senegal (from 1980-03-14 until 1980-03-19)
producer:
Don Schlitten
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-19)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-19)
recorded at:
Théâtre national Daniel Sorano in Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
live instrumental recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ (on 1980-03-19)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
6:45
3Blues Up and Down
recorded in:
Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
producer:
Don Schlitten
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-19)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-19) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-19)
recorded at:
Théâtre national Daniel Sorano in Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
live recording of:
Blues Up and Down (on 1980-03-19)
composer:
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt
9:10
4Sweet Senegalese Brown
recorded in:
Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
producer:
Don Schlitten
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-19)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-19) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-19)
recorded at:
Théâtre national Daniel Sorano in Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (on 1980-03-19)
live recording of:
Sweet Senegalese Brown
writer:
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-19)
is based on:
Sweet Georgia Brown
12:07
5The King
recorded in:
Senegal (on 1980-03-14)
producer:
Don Schlitten
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
recorded at:
Club Taski (night club) in Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (on 1980-03-14)
live instrumental recording of:
The King (on 1980-03-14)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
10:39
▼ CD 2: Xanadu in Africa
#TitleRatingLength
1All or Nothing at All
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
live instrumental recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1980-03-14)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
12:43
2Robbins Nest
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
live instrumental recording of:
Robbins’ Nest (on 1980-03-14)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Illinois Jacquet and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz)
10:50
3I Surrender Dear
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
live instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (on 1980-03-14)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
9:01
4Blues in the Closet
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
live recording of:
Blues in the Closet (on 1980-03-14)
composer:
Oscar Pettiford
4:59
5Easy Living
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1980-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1980-03-14)
piano:
Dolo Coker (on 1980-03-14)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1980-03-14) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1980-03-14)
live instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (on 1980-03-14)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
9:36