California Hard

California Hard
California Hard
Studio album by Dolo Coker
Released	1977
Recorded	December 27, 1976
Genre	Hard bop
Label	Xanadu
Producer	Don Schlitten
Dolo Coker chronology

California Hard is a jazz album by pianist and composer Dolo Coker, recorded in 1976.^[1] Two of the six pieces were written by Coker. The album was reissued as a CD in 1994, with one bonus track (a solo piano version of "Round Midnight").

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow called the album "a strong effort."^[2]

Track listing

"Jumping Jacks" (Coker) – 4:03
"Gone with the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:26
"Roots 4FB" (Mitchell) - 14:58
"Mr. Yohe" (Pepper) - 6:23
"Gone Again" (Gladys Hampton, Curtis Lewis, Curley Hamner) - 8:08
"Tale of Two Cities" (Coker) - 6:28
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) (on CD reissue only; not on original LP) - 2:27

Personnel

Recorded on December 27, 1976.

Dolo Coker - piano
Blue Mitchell - trumpet, flugelhorn
Art Pepper - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar - bass guitar
Frank Butler - drums

References

^ Keresman, Mark (Nov 2016). "California Hard". Jazzed. Vol. 11, no. 6. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed March 14, 2020

[1] Keresman, Mark (Nov 2016). "California Hard". Jazzed. Vol. 11, no. 6. p. 26.

[AllMusic-2] Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed March 14, 2020

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v t e Dolo Coker
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Dolo! (1976) California Hard (1976) Third Down (1977) All Alone (1979)
Live albums	Xanadu in Africa (with Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980) Night Flight to Dakar (with Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980)