Spanish Grease
1965 studio album by Willie Bobo
Spanish Grease | ||||
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Studio album by Willie Bobo | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | June 8, August 30 and September 8, 1965 | |||
Studio | 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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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 "Sonny" Henry – guitar
- Richard Davis, Jim Phillips – bass
- Victor Pantoja – congas
References
- ^ Verve Records discography accessed April 2, 2014
- ^ a b Unterberger, R., Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2014
External links
- "Spanish Grease" on YouTube
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- Bobo's Beat (1963)
- Let's Go Bobo! (1964)
- Spanish Grease (1965)
- Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3 (1966)
- Juicy (1967)
- Bobo Motion (1967)
- Spanish Blues Band (1968)
- A New Dimension (1969)
- Tomorrow Is Here (1977)
- Eric "Bobo" Correa (son)