Various Artists

• 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

2-CD set compiling two albums that resulted from a late-70s tour of West Africa coordinated by the U.S. State Department that included Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Frank Butler, Leroy Vinnegar, and Dolo Coker.

PERSONNEL:

• Al Cohn - tenor sax
• Billy Mitchell - tenor sax
• Dolo Coker - piano
• Leroy Vinnegar - bass
• Frank Butler - drums

TRACKS:

• CD 1: NIGHT FLIGHT TO DAKAR
• 01. Night Flight To Dakar
• 02. Don't Let The Sun Catch Crying
• 03. Blues Up And Down
• 04. Sweet Senegelese Brown
• 05. The King*
• Recorded at the Theatre Nationale Daniel Sorrano in Dakar, Senegal, March 19, 1980 except * recorded at Club Taski, Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal March 14, 1980

• CD 2: XANADU IN AFRICA
• 01. All or Nothing At All
• 02. Robbins Nest
• 03. I Surrender Dear
• 04. Blues In The Closet
• 05. Easy Living
• Recorded at Club Taski, Les Almadies, Dakar, Senegal March 14, 1980