Mating Call

This article is about the 1956 album by Tadd Dameron. For other uses, see Mating call (disambiguation).

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.

Mating Call
Studio album by Tadd Dameron
Released	February or March 1957[1][2]
Recorded	November 30, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:45
Label	Prestige
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Tadd Dameron chronology
Fontainebleau (1956) Mating Call (1957) The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

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

References

1. Porter, Lewis, ed. (2013). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 451. ISBN 9781135112578.
2. "Mating Call". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 9 March 1957. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
3. Mating Call at AllMusic
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 56. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.