Jazz Way Out

Jazz Way Out
Studio album by Wilbur Harden and John Coltrane
Released	1958
Recorded	June 24, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	28:47
Label	Savoy MG 12131
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Wilbur Harden and John Coltrane chronology
Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene (1958) Jazz Way Out (1958) Tanganyika Strut (1958)
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Jazz Way Out is an album by jazz musicians Wilbur Harden and John Coltrane, the second of three 1958 Savoy recordings featuring Harden and Coltrane together as leaders. The session also produced an alternate take of "Dial Africa", which can be found on some compilations, most notably the ones featuring the complete Savoy recordings made by Harden and Coltrane together, The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions (2009) and The Complete Savoy Sessions (1999).

Track listing

1. "Dial Africa" (Wilbur Harden) — 8:42
2. "Oomba" (Wilbur Harden) — 5:31
3. "Gold Coast" (Curtis Fuller) — 14:34

Personnel

• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
• Wilbur Harden — trumpet/flugelhorn
• Curtis Fuller — trombone
• Tommy Flanagan — piano
• Ali Jackson — bass
• Art Taylor — drums

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