West Coast Wailers is an album by American jazz trumpeter Conte Candoli and pianist Lou Levy released on the Atlantic label in 1958.[1]

West Coast Wailers
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1958
RecordedAugust 16 & 17, 1955
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
LabelAtlantic
LP 1268
ProducerAhmet Ertegun
Conte Candoli chronology
Powerhouse Trumpet
(1955)
West Coast Wailers
(1958)
Conte Candoli Quartet
(1957)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Allmusic noted "no matter whose name is in large print on the cover, it's the group that's performing ...Levy and Candoli got to make their statements up front, of course, but this was really a five-headed beast ...one that should have been given more of a hearing than just one album".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 8:15
  2. "Comes Love" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) - 4:15
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 3:36
  4. "Pete's Alibi" (Pete Candoli) - 3:26
  5. "Cheremoya" (Bill Holman) - 5:50
  6. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 4:56
  7. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 5:23
  8. "Marcia Lee" (Conte Candoli) - 4:51

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 14, 2015
  2. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. West Coast Wailers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2015.