Slightly Latin

Slightly Latin
Studio album by Roland Kirk
Released	March 1966 (1966-03)
Recorded	November 16–17, 1965
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Producer	Hal Mooney
Roland Kirk chronology
Here Comes the Whistleman (1965) Slightly Latin (1966) Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967)

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Slightly Latin is an album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, released on the Limelight label in 1966.^[3][4] It includes performances by Kirk with Virgil Jones, Martin Banks, Garnett Brown, Horace Parlan, Eddie Mathias, Sonny Brown, Montego Joe, Manuel Ramos, Coleridge Perkinson and an unidentified choir.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Kirk except as indicated.

1. "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:32
2. "Raouf" - 3:03
3. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) - 5:14
4. "Juarez" - 5:22
5. "Shaky Money" - 2:36
6. "Nothing But the Truth" - 3:33
7. "Safari" (Eddie Mathias) - 4:26
8. "And I Love Her" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:53
9. "Ebrauqs" - 8:16

• Recorded in New York City on November 16 & 17, 1965

Personnel

• Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, bagpipes, piccolo, baritone saxophone, siren
• Virgil Jones: trumpet
• Martin Banks: flugelhorn
• Garnett Brown: trombone, arranger
• Horace Parlan: piano, celeste, vibraphone
• Eddie Mathias: double bass
• Sonny Brown: drums, nagoya harp
• Montego Joe: conga
• Manuel Ramos: percussion
• Coleridge Perkinson: conductor (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
• Unidentified choir (tracks 2, 4 & 6)

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