Spanish Rice (album)

Spanish Rice
Studio album by
Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill
Released1966
RecordedJuly 18, 19 & 20, 1966
GenreJazz
Length33:43
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Clark Terry chronology
Gingerbread Men
(1966) 		Spanish Rice
(1966) 		It's What's Happenin'
(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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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

References

  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 6, 2011
  2. ^ Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed July 14, 2016
  3. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1393. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.