Night Flight to Dakar is an album by saxophonists Al Cohn and Billy Mitchell, pianist Dolo Coker, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Frank Butler recorded in Dakar in 1980 for Xanadu Records.Ziegler, F. and Fitzgerald, M. Xanadu Records Listing , accessed April 24, 2017Jazzlists: Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2017Xanadu in Africa catalog accessed April 24, 2017
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The performances may have been recorded during an African tour but the music is very much American bop with heated versions of "Blues Up and Down," "Sweet Senegalese Brown" and "The King" featuring the tenors in competitive form".
Track listing "Night Flight to Dakar" (Dolo Coker) – 8:43 "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (Joe Greene) – 6:43 "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) – 9:13 "Sweet Senegelese Brown" (Billy Mitchell) – 12:10 "The King" (Count Basie) – 10:30
Personnel Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone Dolo Coker – piano Leroy Vinnegar – bass Frank Butler – drums
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