Tanganyika Strut

Template:Use mdy dates Tanganyika Strut is the last of the three 1958 Savoy recordings made by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden. The album features the two men as leaders, and is Harden's final as a leader. The sessions also produced a couple of alternate takes 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. "Tanganyika Strut" (Curtis Fuller)  – 9:57
2. "B.J." (Wilbur Harden)  – 4:32
3. "Anedac" (Wilbur Harden)  – 5:12
4. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards (m) - Bud Green (w))  – 9:28

Recorded on June 24 (#1) and May 13 (all others), 1958.

Personnel

• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano (#1)
• Howard Williams – piano (#2–4)
• Ali Jackson – bass
• Art Taylor – drums