Slightly Latin Explained

Slightly Latin
Type:	Album
Artist:	Roland Kirk
Cover:	Slightly Latin.jpg
Recorded:	November 16–17, 1965
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Hal Mooney
Prev Title:	Here Comes the Whistleman
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
Next Year:	1967

Slightly Latin is an album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, released on the Limelight label in 1966.^[1] It includes performances by Kirk with Virgil Jones, Martin Banks, Garnett Brown, Horace Parlan, Eddie Mathias, Sonny Brown, Montego Joe, Manuel Ramos, Coleridge Perkinson and an unidentified choir.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:32
2. "Raouf" - 3:03
3. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) - 5:14
4. "Juarez" - 5:22
5. "Shaky Money" - 2:36
6. "Nothing But the Truth" - 3:33
7. "Safari" (Eddie Mathias) - 4:26
8. "And I Love Her" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:53
9. "Ebrauqs" - 8:16

• Recorded in New York City on November 16 & 17, 1965

Personnel

• Roland Kirk

tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, bagpipes, piccolo, baritone saxophone, siren

• Virgil Jones: trumpet
• Martin Banks: flugelhorn
• Garnett Brown

trombone, arranger

• Horace Parlan

piano, celeste, vibraphone

• Eddie Mathias: double bass
• Sonny Brown

drums, nagoya harp

• Montego Joe

conga

• Manuel Ramos: percussion
• Coleridge Perkinson: conductor (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
• Unidentified choir (tracks 2, 4 & 6)

Notes and References

1. Album Reviews: Special Merit Picks . 42 . Billboard . 1966-03-26 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . en.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/roland-kirk/catalog/#limelight-lm-82033 Rahsaan Roland Kirk discography