DECEMBER 26

               JOHN COLTRANE
       Bahia/Stardust date

              Recording Date:
                 December 26, 1958

              Personnel:
                 Freddie Hubbard    TP
                 John Coltrane        TS
                 Red Garland           P
                 Paul Chambers       B
                 Art Taylor              D

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Review by Scott Yanow
Bahia is two-LP set that matches together the very different sounding tenors of John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette in a jam-session type setting from 1957 (although three of the five songs were actually composed by pianist Mal Waldron) in addition to Coltrane's final Prestige date, which also has appearances by the trumpeters Freddie Hubbard (on "Then I'll Be Tired of You") and an uncredited Wilbur Harden ("Something I Dreamed Last Night"). This is nice if not overly memorable music.