Austin, belated thanks for the Ike Quebec recommendation. I finally ordered that four album collection and it's all super nice. I hadn't even realized he's the sax player on The Latin Bit.
What I also found which perfectly hits the slightly lounge-y Latin groove I was searching for is Sonny Stitt Goes Latin, which is not at all as cheesy as the cover art might lead one to believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7h0k4x-u5E
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
awesome, glad you dig it! that stuff is (sigh) . . . so good.
have to admit i'm not as familiar with sonny stitt. definitely gonna check it out. thanks!
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 15:55 (two years ago) link
yep, this sonny stitt rules!
also: looking on discogs, it's one of chick corea's earliest sideman appearances on record.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
I was going to include that factoid! Man, Stitt released so. many. records. This one and another Latin date from around the same time, Primitivo Soul, are on a cheap twofer.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
Very into Alive! And Visions right now
― Heez, Monday, 27 May 2024 22:27 (two days ago) link