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The Latin Bit

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Released
  
May 1963

Artist
  
Grant Green

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genres
  
Jazz, Latin jazz

The Latin Bit (1962)
  
Goin' West (1962)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
April 26 & September 7, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length
  
38:56 original LP 59:53 CD reissue

Similar
  
Grant Green albums, Jazz albums

The Latin Bit is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It is a loose concept album inspired by Latin American music.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "This CD always yielded mixed results for staunch fans of Green, but a revisit shows it to be a credible effort, even if slightly flawed in part".

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated
  1. "Mambo Inn" (Bauzá, Sampson, Bobby Woodlen) – 5:52
  2. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) – 7:12
  3. "Mama Inez" (L. Wolfe Gilbert, Eliseo Grenet) – 6:42
  4. "Brazil" (Barroso) – 5:01
  5. "Tico Tico" (Zequinha de Abreu) – 7:46
  6. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Parker) – 6:23

Bonus track on CD reissue:

  1. "Blues for Juanita" – 7:06
  2. "Granada" (Agustín Lara) – 6:27
  3. "Hey There" (Adler, Ross) – 7:24

Recorded on April 26 (tracks 1-7) and September 7 (tracks 8-9), 1962.

Personnel

  • Grant Green - guitar
  • Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone (tracks 8-9)
  • John Acea (tracks 1-7), Sonny Clark (tracks 8-9) - piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Willie Bobo - drums
  • Carlos "Patato" Valdes - conga (tracks 1-6, 8-9)
  • Garvin Masseaux - chekere (tracks 1-6)

    • Songs

    1Mambo Inn5:48
    2Besame Mucho7:10
    3Mama Inez6:40

    References

    The Latin Bit Wikipedia
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