Spanish Grease
Spanish Grease | ||||
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Studio album by Willie Bobo | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded |
June 8, August 30 and September 8, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:28 | |||
Label |
Verve V6-8631 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
Willie Bobo chronology | ||||
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Spanish Grease is an album by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.[1]
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The timbales player and his band lay down respectable grooves, but "Spanish Grease" is the only original on the album, and by far the most rewarding number".[2]
Track listing
- "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) - 2:47
- "Hurt So Bad" (Bobby Hart, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) - 2:39
- "It's Not Unusual" [vocal version] (Gordon Mills, Les Reed) - 2:20 MOG
- "Our Day Will Come" (Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard) - 2:50
- "Haitian Lady" (Harold Ousley) - 4:05
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 2:11
- "Nessa" (Ed Diehl) - 4:07
- "Elation" (Ousley) - 3:49
- "It's Not Unusual" [instrumental version] (Mills, Reed) - 2:29
- "Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man" (Junior Walker/Herbie Hancock) - 5:11
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 8 (tracks 1 & 4), August 30 (tracks 5-8) and September 8 (tracks 2, 3, 9 & 10)
Personnel
- Willie Bobo - vocals, percussion, timbales
- Melvin Lastie - cornet
- Bobby Brown - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Clarence Henry - guitar
- Richard Davis, Jim Phillips - bass
- Victor Pantoja - congas
References
- ↑ Verve Records discography accessed April 2, 2014
- 1 2 Unterberger, R., Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2014
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