~Willie Bobo~
"Spanish Grease"
Original
VanGelder
Deep Groove
Latin Jazz
Verve Records # V 8631 , 1965   NM
Original Recording:
Willie Bobo
Spanish Grease
 Latin Jazz 
33 RPM LP
Original 


   Vinyl is clean with all original luster. Record has seen little play time.
Record grades a NM condition.
No real flaws to list..
Record plays and sounds terrific.
Both Verve labels are in at least a VG++ condition with no real wear.
 No stickers.   No writing. 
VanGelder stamped in dead wax on both sides. 
 Jacket is in a VG++ condition with only minor wear. Cover has shrink wrap.Minor damage to shrink on lower left corner.  Crinkled a little on edge. 

Willie Bobo was the  of William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), a Latin and   of  ancestry.

William Correa grew up in , New York City. He made his name in , specifically , in the 1960s and '70s, with the  becoming his favoured instrument. He met  shortly after his arrival in New York and studied with him while acting as his translator, and later at the age of 19 joined  for four years.

The nickname Bobo is said to have been bestowed by the jazz pianist  in the early 1950s.

His first major exposure was when he joined 's band on the album The Shearing Spell. After leaving Shearing,  asked Bobo and Santamaría to become part of the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet, who released several albums as the  craze reached fever pitch in the late '50s. Reuniting with his mentor Santamaría in 1960, the pair released the album Sabroso! for the label. Bobo later formed his own group, releasing Do That Thing/Guajira with Tico and Bobo's Beat and Let's Go Bobo for Roulette, without achieving huge penetration.

Spanish Grease is an album by    recorded in 1965 and released on the  label.

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The  review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The timbales player and his band lay down respectable grooves, but "Spanish Grease" is the only original on the album, and by far the most rewarding number".

Track listing[] "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) - 2:47 "" (, , ) - 2:39 "" [vocal version] (, ) - 2:20 MOG "" (, ) - 2:50 "Haitian Lady" () - 4:05 "Blues in the Closet" () - 2:11 "Nessa" (Ed Diehl) - 4:07 "Elation" (Ousley) - 3:49 "It's Not Unusual" [instrumental version] (Mills, Reed) - 2:29 "/Blind Man, Blind Man" (/) - 5:11 Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 8 (tracks 1 & 4), August 30 (tracks 5-8) and September 8 (tracks 2, 3, 9 & 10) Personnel[]  - , ,  Melvin Lastie -  Bobby Brown - ,   -  , Jim Phillips -  Victor Pantoja - 

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