Spanish Rice (album) explained

Spanish Rice
Type:	Album
Artist:	Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill
Cover:	Spanish Rice (album).jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	July 18, 19 & 20, 1966
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	33:43
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Clark Terry
Prev Title:	Gingerbread Men
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	It's What's Happenin'
Next Year:	1966

Spanish Rice is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and Cuban composer-arranger Chico O'Farrill featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a fun recording that had the potential to be a memorable one, but it falls a bit short".^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Peanut Vendor" (Moises Simons) - 2:18
2. "Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 2:41
3. "El Cumbanchero" (Rafael Hernández Marín) - 2:12
4. "Jooni" (Clark Terry) - 3:37
5. "Que Sera" (Tito Puente) - 2:45
6. "Mexican Hat Dance (Traditional) - 2:42
7. "Spanish Rice" (Chico O'Farrill, Clark Terry) - 2:47
8. "Say "Si Si"" (Ernesto Lecuona, Francia Luban, Al Stillman) - 2:30
9. "Macarena (La Virgen de la Macarena)" (Bernardo Bautista Monterde) - 3:02
10. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 2:46
11. "Contigo en la Distancia" (César Portillo de la Luz) - 3:02
12. "Happiness Is" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) - 3:21

• Recorded in New York City on July 18, 1966 (tracks 2, 6, 8 & 10), July 19, 1966 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11) and July 20, 1966 (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 12)

Personnel

• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Chico O'Farrill - arranger, conductor
• Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Everett Barksdale, Barry Galbraith - guitar
• George Duvivier - bass
• Julio Cruz, Frank Malabe - percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#a-9127 Impulse! Records discography
2. Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed July 14, 2016
3. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2011