''Spanish Grease'' is an album by
jazz percussionist
Willie Bobo recorded in 1965 and released on the
Verve
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Reception
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".
[Unterberger, R.]
Allmusic Review
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Track listing
# "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo,
Melvin Lastie) – 2:47
# "
Hurt So Bad" (
Bobby Hart
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,
Teddy Randazzo,
Bobby Weinstein) – 2:39
# "
It's Not Unusual"
ocal 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"
nstrumental version(Mills, Reed) – 2:29
# "
Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man" (
Junior Walker/
Herbie Hancock
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) – 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
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* Bobby Brown –
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,
tenor saxophone
* Clarence "Sonny" Henry – guitar
*
Richard Davis, Jim Phillips –
bass
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* Victor Pantoja –
congas
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Verve Records albums
Willie Bobo albums
1965 albums
Albums produced by Creed Taylor
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio