Bahia (album)
Bahia is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1965 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7353. It was recorded at two  sessions at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1958. Prestige drew on a stockpile of Coltrane material for several years after his contract had ended without the saxophonist's input. Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn called the album "a steady, often very good hard-blowing and blues date." The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Harden's warm, unemphatic trumpet-playing is perfectly appropriate to the setting, and it rarely attempts anything that will scare the horses." A reviewer for the Record Mirror commented: "Talk of Coltrane being 'anti-jazz' must be dispelled by this little lot." Tremr'''s Charlie Wooley described Bahia'' as "an enjoyable listen," and stated that it "proves that Coltrane manages to be thoroughly entertaining, even at some of his weakest, most traditional moments. It reminds listeners once again that he excels at tackling a huge variety of styles." Track listing
 "Bahia" (Ary Barroso) – 6:17
 "Goldsboro Express" (Coltrane) – 4:45
 "My Ideal" (Richard Whiting and Newell Chase (m) - Leo Robin (w)) – 7:35
 "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All" (Ray Henderson (m) - Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown (w)) – 7:02
 "Something I Dreamed Last Night" (Sammy Fain (m) - Jack Yellen and Herb Magidson (w)) – 10:48

Personnel
 John Coltrane –  tenor saxophone
 Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 3, 4)
 Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (track 5)
 Red Garland – piano (tracks 1, 3-5)
 Paul Chambers – bass
 Art Taylor – drums (track 1-2,5)
 Jimmy Cobb – drums (tracks 3-4)

References

1965 albums
John Coltrane albums
Prestige Records albums
Hard bop albums
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Albums recorded in a home studio
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio