Night Flight to Dakar

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.[1][2][3]

Night Flight to Dakar
Live album by Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler
Released	1981
Recorded	March 14 & 19, 1980
Venue	Club Taski, Les Almadies and Theatre Nationale Daniel Sorrano, Dakar, Senegal
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:19
Label	Xanadu 185
Producer	Don Schlitten
Billy Mitchell chronology
Xanadu in Africa (1980) Night Flight to Dakar (1981) De Lawd's Blues (1980)
Al Cohn chronology
Xanadu in Africa (1980) Night Flight to Dakar (1980) Nonpareil (1981)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

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".[4]

Track listing

1. "Night Flight to Dakar" (Dolo Coker) – 8:43
2. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (Joe Greene) – 6:43
3. "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) – 9:13
4. "Sweet Senegelese Brown" (Billy Mitchell) – 12:10
5. "The King" (Count Basie) – 10:30

Personnel

• Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Dolo Coker – piano
• Leroy Vinnegar – bass
• Frank Butler – drums

References

1. Ziegler, F. and Fitzgerald, M. Xanadu Records Listing Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 24, 2017
2. Jazzlists: Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2017
3. Xanadu in Africa catalog accessed April 24, 2017
4. Yanow, Scott. Night Flight to Dakar – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.