Goin' Latin Explained

Goin' Latin
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ramsey Lewis
Cover:	Goin' Latin.jpg
Released:	February 1967^[1]
Recorded:	December 21–23, 1966
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Cadet
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Prev Title:	Wade in the Water
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	The Movie Album
Next Year:	1967

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

Critical reception

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."

Track listing

Side 1

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

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 (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]] (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:36
6. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) - 3:12

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1967	Billboard Soul Albums	16
1967	Billboard Jazz Albums	2
1967	Billboard 200	95

Personnel

• 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

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=CykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=ramsey+lewis+goin%27+latin&pg=PT1 Billboard March 4, 1967
2. Ramsey Lewis: Goin' Latin . 1967 . Cadet Records.
3. Web site: Best Selling Jazz LPs. April 22, 1967. 12. 79. 16. . americanradiohistory.com.
4. Web site: Top Selling R&B LPs. April 1, 1967 . 32 . 79 . 13 . Billboard.