Spanish Rice (album)

Spanish Rice is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and Cuban composer-arranger Chico O'Farrill featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1][2]

Spanish Rice
Studio album by Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill
Released	1966
Recorded	July 18, 19 & 20, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:43
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Clark Terry chronology
Gingerbread Men (1966) Spanish Rice (1966) It's What's Happenin' (1966)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a fun recording that had the potential to be a memorable one, but it falls a bit short".^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "The Peanut Vendor" (Moises Simons) - 2:18
2. "Angelitos Negros" (Andres Eloy Blanco, Manuel Alvarez Maciste) - 2:41
3. "El Cumbanchero" (Rafael Hernández Marín) - 2:12
4. "Jooni" (Clark Terry) - 3:37
5. "Que Sera" (Tito Puente) - 2:45
6. "Mexican Hat Dance (Traditional) - 2:42
7. "Spanish Rice" (Chico O'Farrill, Clark Terry) - 2:47
8. "Say "Si Si"" (Ernesto Lecuona, Francia Luban, Al Stillman) - 2:30
9. "Macarena (La Virgen de la Macarena)" (Bernardo Bautista Monterde) - 3:02
10. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 2:46
11. "Contigo en la Distancia" (César Portillo de la Luz) - 3:02
12. "Happiness Is" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) - 3:21

• Recorded in New York City on July 18, 1966 (tracks 2, 6, 8 & 10), July 19, 1966 (tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11) and July 20, 1966 (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 12)

Personnel

• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Chico O'Farrill - arranger, conductor
• Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Everett Barksdale, Barry Galbraith - guitar
• George Duvivier - bass
• Julio Cruz, Frank Malabe - percussion

References

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed April 6, 2011
2. Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed July 14, 2016
3. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed April 6, 2011
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1393. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.