Goin' Latin

Goin' Latin
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	February 1967
Recorded	December 21–23, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Wade in the Water (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) The Movie Album (1967)

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Allmusic

Goin' Latin is a studio jazz album with Latin percussion and style by Ramsey Lewis which was released by Cadet Records in 1967. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 16 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic noted Richard Evans' "arrangements and bottom-heavy soulful sound mix well with Lewis' indulgence in bossa nova, discotheque boogaloo, and Latin soul-lite on this set."

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Hey, Mrs. Jones" (Marion Miller, Robert L. Reagan) 4:01
2. "Summer Samba" (Marcos Valle, Norman Gimbel, Paulo Sérgio Valle) 3:09
3. "One, Two, Three" (David White, John Medora, Leonard Borisoff) 3:26
4. "Free Again" (Joss Baselli, Armand Canfora, Robert Colby, Michel Jourdan) 2:56
5. "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional; adapted by Esmond Edwards) 3:43

Side 2

1. "Blue Bongo" (Richard Evans) — 4:19
2. "I'll Wait for You" (Richard Evans) — 3:17
3. "Function at the Junction" (Edward Holland, Jr., Shorty Long, Lamont Dozier) — 3:04
4. "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) — 3:11
5. "Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" [from Doctor Zhivago] (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) — 2:36
6. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) — 3:12

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1967	Billboard Soul Albums	16
1967	Billboard Jazz Albums	2
1967	Billboard 200	95

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"One, Two, Three"	Billboard Hot 100	67

Personnel

• Cleveland Eaton - Bass
• Ramsey Lewis - Piano, Keyboards
• Maurice White - Drums
• Doug Brand - Supervising Engineer
• Don Bronstein - Photography
• Brian Christian - Engineer
• Esmond Edwards - Producer, Adaptation, Supervisor
• Richard Evans - Arranger
• Tom Gorman - Cover Design
• Hollis King - Art Direction
• Erick Labson - Mastering
• Andy McKaie - Reissue Supervisor
• Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering
• Cameron Mizell - Production Coordination
• Isabelle Wong - Design