Prestige session · in the studio
May 23, 1961
Juan Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet / The Latin Jazz Quintet
In the room
- Juan Amalbert – leader, conga drum
- Bobby Capers – alto sax
- Willie Coleman – vibes, melodica
- Artie Jenkins – piano
- Bill Ellington – bass
- Phil Newsom – drums, timbales
The takes
3 of these 9 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 3051 | Sunday Go Meetin' | NJLP 8321 |
| 3052 | Ain't Dat Right | Not issued at the time · later on Tru-Sound TRU 15003 |
| 3053 | Milestones | NJLP 8321 |
| 3054 | April Afternoon | Not issued at the time · later on Tru-Sound TRU 15003 |
| 3055 | Mambo Bobbie | NJLP 8321 |
| 3056 | Rip A Dip | NJLP 8321 |
| 3057 | Monk's Bread | NJLP 8321 |
| 3058 | Out Of This World | Not issued at the time · later on Tru-Sound 45-413 |
| 3059 | Blues Waltz | NJLP 8321 |
9 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7182 | Mucho, Mucho | Shirley Scott With The Latin Jazz Quintet | 1960 | Juan Amalbert, Bill Ellington |
 | NJLP 8251 | Caribe | The Latin Jazz Quintet + Eric Dolphy | 1961 | Juan Amalbert, Bill Ellington |