Manteca (album) explained

Manteca
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Red Garland Trio
Cover:	Manteca_Red_Garland.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	April 11, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:58 original LP 47:16 CD reissue
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7139^[1]
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Chronology:	Red Garland
Prev Title:	It's a Blue World
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Can't See for Lookin'
Next Year:	1963

Manteca is an album by jazz pianist Red Garland, released in 1958 on Prestige Records.^{[2] [3]} The CD reissue included a bonus track recorded during the same session.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) – 8:07
2. "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:42
3. "Lady Be Good" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 5:50
4. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 7:08
5. "Mort's Report" (Garland) – 12:11
6. "Portrait of Jenny" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson) – 7:18 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Red Garland - piano
• Paul Chambers - double bass
• Art Taylor - drums
• Ray Barretto - congas

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
2. Book: Washburne, Christopher. Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz. May 5, 2020. Oxford University Press. 9780197510858. Google Books.
3. News: Ray Barretto, a Master of the Conga Drum, Dies at 76. Nate. Chinen. The New York Times . February 18, 2006. NYTimes.com.
4. Web site: Red Garland Catalog. www.jazzdisco.org.