Twitter Facebook John Coltrane Songs - Bakai Lyrics lyrics 4/01/2016 1957 , Bakai Lyrics , Coltrane , J , John Coltrane Songs , null John Coltrane - Bakai John Coltrane - Bakai Youtube Music Videos and LyricsAlbum: Coltrane Released: 1957 Bakai LyricsBakai 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.
