Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Latin Shadows

Shirley Scott

Recorded	Jul 21-22, 1965
Label	Impulse!
Released	1965
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 247601

The record

Gary McFarland's charts drape Scott's organ in strings, cello, and vibraharp, pulling her sound toward something cinematic and bossa-inflected. Jimmy Raney's guitar and Jerome Richardson's flute drift through an unusually orchestral cast for a player raised on Prestige grit.

Session personnel

Bob Cranshaw — bass
Richard Davis — bass
Charles McCracken — cello
Edgardo Sodero — cello
Joe Tekula — cello
Mel Lewis — drums
Jerome Richardson — flute
Jimmy Raney — guitar
Shirley Scott — organ
Willie Rodriguez — percussion
Gary McFarland — vibraphone [vibraharp]
Aaron Rosand — violin
Arnold Eidus — violin
Charles Libove — violin
Harry Cykman — violin
Leo Kruczek — violin

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1966	Impulse! · A-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1966	Impulse! · AS-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	Impulse! · LP-AS 93 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Jukebox, Stereo
1966	Impulse! · A-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	Impulse! · A 93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1967	Impulse! · AS-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
1972	Impulse!
1972	Impulse! · AS-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1998	Impulse! · MVCJ-19149 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1998	Impulse! · MVCJ-19149 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
2001	Impulse! · UCCI-9075 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold
2005	Impulse! · UCCU-5295 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2007	Impulse! · UCCU-9564 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
—	Impulse! · A-93 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo