The Essential Latin Jazz

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Annotation

Part of Columbia's series "The Essential", later reissued as "Essentiel Jazz".

Annotation last modified on 2016-10-17 14:13 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cubano Chant
Art Blakey44:00
2Eu vim da Bahia
Stan Getz & João Gilberto3:57
3Perfidia
Ahmad Jamal3:57
4On Poco Loco
Bobby Hutcherson8:24
5Poinciana
Dave Brubeck6:48
6Favela
Pete Jolly3:13
7Corcovado
bassoon:
Robert Tricarico
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Garvin Bushell
bongos:
Willie Bobo
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (in 1962)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (in 1962)
flugelhorn:
Al Block (US jazz flute/saxaphone)
flute:
Ray Beckenstein (saxophonist and flute player) and Jerome Richardson
French horn:
Ray Alonge (french horn), Don Corrado and Julius Watkins
percussion:
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer)
soprano saxophone:
Steve Lacy (jazz saxophonist and composer 1934–2004)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) and Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter), Bernie Glow, Harold Baker, Louis R. Mucci (trumpetist) and Ernie Royal
tuba:
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player)
recording of:
Corcovado (original Portuguese version) (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Miles Davis2:44
8Bésame Mucho
Dave Pike6:55
9Capricious
associate producer:
Gary Gladstone
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-30)
bass:
Ben Tucker
congas [conga drums]:
Alec Dorsey
double bass [bass]:
Ben Tucker (on 1962-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Dave Bailey (US jazz drummer) (on 1962-06-30)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1962-06-30)
recording of:
Capricious (on 1962-06-30)
composer:
Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist)
cover recording of:
Capricious (in 1962)
composer:
Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist)
Gerry Mulligan45:48
10Rica Pulpa
recording of:
Rica Pulpa
composer:
Eliseo Grenet
Ahmad Jamal3:52
11The Peanut Vendor
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra43:30