Manhattan Latin Explained

Manhattan Latin
Type:Studio
Artist:Dave Pike and His Orchestra
Cover:Manhattan Latin.jpg
Released:1964
Recorded:February 11, March 21 and April, 1964
New York City
Genre:Jazz, Latin jazz
Length:39:38
Label:Decca
DL 4568
Chronology:Dave Pike
Prev Title:Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver!
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:Jazz for the Jet Set
Next Year:1965

Manhattan Latin (subtitled The Sensuous Rhythms of Spanish Harlem) is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike which was recorded in 1964 for the Decca label.[1] The album is among Chick Corea's earliest recordings[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Manhattan Latin captures Dave Pike in flux between the straight-ahead approach of his earlier sessions and the psychedelic pop-jazz of his efforts for MPS: a playful yet methodical immersion into pure, sunkissed groove, its artful assimilation of global rhythms and textures anticipates the direction of Pike's most memorable work".

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Pike except as indicated

  1. "Baby" - 2:49
  2. "Que Mal Es Querer" (Arsenio Rodríguez) - 3:18
  3. "Not a Tear" (Rudy Stevenson) - 4:01
  4. "Mambo Dinero" - 2:39
  5. "Montuno Orita" - 3:23
  6. "Aphrodite" - 3:16
  7. "La Playa" - 3:06
  8. "Latin Blues" - 2:56
  9. "South Sea" (Stevenson) - 2:38
  10. "Sandunga" - 2:41
  11. "Dream Garden" - 3:25
  12. "Vikki" - 5:26

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. and Neely, T., Decca Album Discography, Part 5 Main 12-inch Series : DL 4000-5397 (1959-1972) accessed July 9, 2015
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/chick-corea/catalog/#decca-dl-4568 Chick Corea Catalog