Mating Call Explained

Mating Call
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tadd Dameron
Cover:	matingcall.jpg
Released:	February or March 1957
Recorded:	November 30, 1956
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:45
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Prev Title:	Fontainebleau
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron
Next Year:	1962

Mating Call is a studio album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron with saxophonist John Coltrane, issued in early 1957 on Prestige Records.^{[1] [2]} It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Track listing

All compositions by Tadd Dameron.

1. "Mating Call" – 5:57
2. "Gnid" – 5:07
3. "Soultrane" – 5:24
4. "On a Misty Night" – 6:23
5. "Romas" – 7:45
6. "Super Jet" – 6:00

Personnel

• Tadd Dameron – piano
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • John Simmons – bass Philly Joe Jones – drums

Notes and References

1. Book: The John Coltrane Reference . 2013 . Routledge . New York/Abingdon . 9781135112578 . Porter . Lewis . Lewis Porter . 451.
2. News: Mating Call . 3 October 2019 . The Billboard . The Billboard Publishing Co. . 9 March 1957.