Goin' Latin is a studio jazz album with Latin percussion and style by Ramsey Lewis which was released by Cadet Records in 1967.[3] The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 16 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.[4][5]

Goin' Latin
Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis
ReleasedFebruary 1967[1]
RecordedDecember 21–23, 1966
GenreJazz
LabelCadet
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Wade in the Water
(1966)
Goin' Latin
(1967)
The Movie Album
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Critical reception edit

Thom Jurek of Allmusic noted Richard Evans' "arrangements and bottom-heavy soulful sound mix well with Lewis' indulgence in bossa nova, discotheque boogaloo, and Latin soul-lite on this set."[2]

Track listing edit

Side 1 edit

  1. "Hey, Mrs. Jones" (Marion Miller, Robert L. Reagan) 4:01
  2. "Summer Samba" (Marcos Valle, Norman Gimbel, Paulo Sérgio Valle) 3:09
  3. "One, Two, Three" (David White, John Medora, Leonard Borisoff) 3:26
  4. "Free Again" (Joss Baselli, Armand Canfora, Robert Colby, Michel Jourdan) 2:56
  5. "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional; adapted by Esmond Edwards) 3:43

Side 2 edit

  1. "Blue Bongo" (Richard Evans) — 4:19
  2. "I'll Wait for You" (Richard Evans) — 3:17
  3. "Function at the Junction" (Edward Holland, Jr., Shorty Long, Lamont Dozier) — 3:04
  4. "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) — 3:11
  5. "Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" [from Doctor Zhivago] (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) — 2:36
  6. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) — 3:12

[3]

Charts edit

Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard Soul Albums 16[5]
1967 Billboard Jazz Albums 2[4]
1967 Billboard 200 95
Year Single Chart Position
1967 "One, Two, Three" Billboard Hot 100 67

Personnel edit

  • Cleveland Eaton - Bass
  • Ramsey Lewis - Piano, Keyboards
  • Maurice White - Drums
  • Doug Brand - Supervising Engineer
  • Don Bronstein - Photography
  • Brian Christian - Engineer
  • Esmond Edwards - Producer, Adaptation, Supervisor
  • Richard Evans - Arranger
  • Tom Gorman - Cover Design
  • Hollis King - Art Direction
  • Erick Labson - Mastering
  • Andy McKaie - Reissue Supervisor
  • Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering
  • Cameron Mizell - Production Coordination
  • Isabelle Wong - Design

[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Billboard March 4, 1967
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Ramsey Lewis: Goin' Latin". Allmusic.
  3. ^ a b c Ramsey Lewis: Goin' Latin. Cadet Records. 1967.
  4. ^ a b "Best Selling Jazz LPs" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Billboard. April 22, 1967. p. 12.
  5. ^ a b "Top Selling R&B LPs". Billboard. April 1, 1967. p. 32.