Cadet · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Latinization Of Bunky Green
| Recorded | Mar 1966 |
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| Label | Cadet |
| Released | 1966 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 552970 |
The record
Green's angular, harmonically restless alto meets a full Latin rhythm section on this Cadet oddity, conga and timbale grooves running under vocal cameos from The Dells. A crossover detour years ahead of his more celebrated Vanguard dates.
Session personnel
- Bunky Green — alto saxophone, saxophone [veritone]
- Tony LaRosa — bass [electronic]
- Willie Negron — congas
- Antonio Castro — piano
- Manuel Ramos — timbales
- Larry Boyle — trombone
- Arthur Hoyle — trumpet
- Bob Ojeda — valve trombone
- The Dells — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1966 | Cadet · LP-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1966 | Cadet — MONO |
| 1966 | Cadet · LPS-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Cadet · CA 780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1966 | Cadet · LP-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1972 | Cadet · LPS-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | Cadet · LPS-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | Cadet · LPS-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Repress |
| 1997 | Cadet · MVCJ-19023 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2002 | Cadet · UCCC-9019 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| — | Cadet · LPS-780 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |