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 "Hey, Mrs. Jones" (Marion Miller, Robert L. Reagan) 4:01 "Summer Samba" (Marcos Valle, Norman Gimbel, Paulo Sérgio Valle) 3:09 "One, Two, Three" (David White, John Medora, Leonard Borisoff) 3:26 "Free Again" (Joss Baselli, Armand Canfora, Robert Colby, Michel Jourdan) 2:56 "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional; adapted by Esmond Edwards) 3:43
Side 2 "Blue Bongo" (Richard Evans) — 4:19 "I'll Wait for You" (Richard Evans) — 3:17 "Function at the Junction" (Edward Holland, Jr., Shorty Long, Lamont Dozier) — 3:04 "Spanish Grease" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) — 3:11 "Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" [from Doctor Zhivago] (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) — 2:36 "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
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