Spanish Grease
| Spanish Grease | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | June 8, August 30 and September 8, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:28 | |||
| Label | Verve V6-8631 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Willie Bobo chronology | ||||
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Spanish Grease is an album by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.[1]
Chart performance
[edit]The album peaked at No. 137 on the Billboard Top LP's chart in 1966.[2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
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".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) – 2:47
- "Hurt So Bad" (Bobby Hart, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) – 2:39
- "It's Not Unusual" [vocal version] (Gordon Mills, Les Reed) – 2:20
- "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" [instrumental version] (Mills, Reed) – 2:29
- "Shot Gun/Blind Man, Blind Man" (Junior Walker/Herbie Hancock) – 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
[edit]- Willie Bobo – vocals, percussion, timbales
- Melvin Lastie – cornet
- Bobby Brown – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Clarence "Sonny" Henry – guitar
- Richard Davis, Jim Phillips – bass
- Victor Pantoja – congas
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[2] | 137 |
References
[edit]- ^ Verve Records discography accessed April 2, 2014
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 20. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ a b Unterberger, R., Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2014
