''Dolo!'' is the debut album by pianist
Dolo Coker which was recorded in 1976 and released on the
Xanadu
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Dolo Coker discography
accessed April 30, 2014
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "The music is as hard swinging as one would expect from this personnel".[Yanow, S.]
Allmusic Review
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Track listing
''All compositions by Dolo Coker except as indicated''
# "Dolo" - 7:23
# "Affair in Havana - 6:48
# "Lady Hawthorne, Please" - 6:42
# "Field Day" - 8:11
# "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston
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, Ray Evans
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) - 7:20
# "Smack Up" (Harold Land) - 5:34
Personnel
* Dolo Coker - piano
* Blue Mitchell - trumpet, flugelhorn
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(tracks 1-4 & 6)
* Harold Land - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 6)
* Leroy Vinnegar - bass
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* Frank Butler - drums
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References
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Dolo Coker albums
1977 debut albums
Xanadu Records albums
Albums produced by Don Schlitten