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Bad Walking Woman

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Released
  
1972

Length
  
37:35

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Prestige Records

Recorded
  
February 22, 1972

Artist
  
Leon Spencer

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Bad Walking Woman (1972)
  
Where I'm Coming From (1973)

Similar
  
Leon Spencer albums, Jazz albums

Bad Walking Woman is the third album by jazz organist Leon Spencer recorded for the Prestige label in 1972.

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Reception

Doug Payne stated the album was "Supremely heavy work from organist Leon Spencer -- one of his classic jazz funk sessions for Prestige Records, and a record that shows him opening up his sound a bit more than before!".

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer except where noted.

  1. "Hip Shaker" – 3:50
  2. "Down On Dowling Street" – 4:55
  3. "In Search of Love Flute" – 4:00
  4. "If You Were Me And I Were You" – 5:57
  5. "Bad Walking Woman" – 5:01
  6. "When My Love Has Gone" – 6:10
  7. "When Dreams Start to Fade" – 7:42

Personnel

  • Leon Spencer – organ, vocals
  • Virgil Jones – trumpet (track 5)
  • Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute (tracks 4, 6 & 7)
  • Buzz Brauer – flute, English horn, oboe (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
  • Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone (track 5)
  • Dave Hubbard – tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
  • Joe Beck (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Melvin Sparks (tracks 2, 4 & 5) – guitar
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Buddy Caldwell – congas (tracks 4-6)
  • Billy Ver Planck – arranger (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
  • Unidentified string section – (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
  • Production

  • Ozzie Cadena – producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Songs

    1Hip Shaker3:50
    2Down on Dowling Street4:55
    3In Search of Love4:00

    References

    Bad Walking Woman Wikipedia