The Latin Bit

by Grant Green

The Latin Bit cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1963
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Willie Bobo, Carlos 'Patato' Valdes, Alfred Lion, Wendell Marshall, Johnny Acea

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Riding the wave of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian fusions, Grant Green turns his single-note guitar lines toward warm, percussive Latin grooves. Featuring Willie Bobo and Patato Valdes, it is a deeply rhythmic and mellow detour in the guitarist's prolific hard bop era.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Mambo Inn
  2. Besame Mucho
  3. Mama Inez
  4. Brazil
  5. Tico Tico
  6. My Little Suede Shoes

Credits

  • Grant Green - primary artist, guitar
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas
  • Willie Bobo - drums
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • Garvin Masseaux - percussion [checkere]
  • Reid Miles - photography by [cover photo], design [cover], design, photography
  • Johnny Acea - piano
  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by]
  • Bobby Woodlen - written-by
  • Edgar Sampson - written-by
  • Mario Bauzá - written-by
  • Consuelo Velazquez - written-by
  • Sunny Skylar - written-by
  • Eliseo Grenet - written-by
  • Wolfe Gilbert - written-by
  • Ary Barroso - written-by
  • Sidney Keith Russell - written-by
  • Zequinha Abreu - written-by
  • Charlie Parker - written-by

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