Goin' Latin


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

  1. "Hey, Mrs. Jones" 4:01
  2. "Summer Samba" 3:09
  3. "One, Two, Three" 3:26
  4. "Free Again" 2:56
  5. "Down by the Riverside" 3:43

Side 2

  1. "Blue Bongo" — 4:19
  2. "I'll Wait for You" — 3:17
  3. "Function at the Junction" — 3:04
  4. "Spanish Grease" — 3:11
  5. "Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)" — 2:36
  6. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" — 3:12

Charts

YearSingleChartPosition
1967"One, Two, Three"Billboard Hot 10067

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