John Coltrane Songs - Bakai Lyrics

John Coltrane - Bakai

John Coltrane - Bakai Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Coltrane
Released: 1957

Bakai Lyrics

Bakai Song Chart

This was on the first album Coltrane recorded under his own name. He had been a sideman for other musicians before.

The album was originally titled The First Train, but it can now be purchased as Coltrane.

Written by a friend, trumpeter and one-time roommate of Coltrane's named Calvin Massey.

Bakai means "cry" in Arabic.

The title was used in memory of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy who was killed by older white men in the American South in 1955.