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Spanish Blues Band

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Released
  
1968

Artist
  
Willie Bobo

Producer
  
Teddy Reig

Genre
  
Jazz

Spanish Blues Band (1968)
  
A New Dimension (1968)

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Verve Records

Recorded
  
February 9, 12 16 & 19 and March 4 & 12, 1968 New York City

Similar
  
Willie Bobo albums, Jazz albums

Spanish Blues Band is an album by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album three stars out of five.

Track listing

  1. "Tweedlee Dee" (Winfield Scott) - 2:22
  2. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 3:05
  3. "I Wish It Would Rain" (Whitfield, Strong, Roger Penzabene) - 4:42
  4. "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (Amos Milburn) - 2:30
  5. "I Want To Walk You Home" (Fats Domino) - 2:29
  6. "Walk Away Renée" (Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone) - 3:02
  7. "Move On Over" (Bert Keyes, Willie Bob) - 2:59
  8. "Stuff" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) - 2:41
  9. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding, Steve Cropper) - 2:42
  10. "Many Tears Ago" (Scott) - 3:10
  11. "Soul Cookin'" (Dave Clowney) - 2:21
  • Recorded in New York City on February 9 (tracks 4 & 8), February 12 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), February 16 (track 11), February 19 (track 9), March 4 (tracks 3, 6 & 10) and March 12 (track 7), 1968

    • Personnel

  • Willie Bobo - timbales, percussion
  • Unidentified musicians
  • Bert DeCoteaux (tracks: 3, 6 & 10), Bert Keyes (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 & 11), Sonny Henry (track 8) - arranger

    • References

    Spanish Blues Band Wikipedia
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