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height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Willie_Bobo_-_Superman.png/330px-Willie_Bobo_-_Superman.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Willie_Bobo_-_Superman.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="676" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">William Correa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1934-02-28</span>)</span>February 28, 1934<br /><a href="/wiki/East_Harlem,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="East Harlem, New York">East Harlem, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 15, 1983<span style="display:none">(1983-09-15)</span> (aged 49)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_jazz" title="Latin jazz">Latin jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afro-Cuban_jazz" title="Afro-Cuban jazz">Afro-Cuban jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boogaloo" title="Boogaloo">Boogaloo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Timbales" title="Timbales">Timbales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conga" title="Conga">conga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">various percussion instruments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>William Correa</b> (February 28, 1934<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – September 15, 1983),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> better known by his stage name <b>Willie Bobo</b>, was an American <a href="/wiki/Latin_jazz" title="Latin jazz">Latin jazz</a> <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussionist</a> of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of <a href="/wiki/Latino_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino Music">Latino music</a> and was noted for his versatility as an authentic Latin percussionist as well as a jazz drummer easily moving stylistically from <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, Latin and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> music.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born William Correa to a Puerto Rican family, Bobo grew up in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Harlem" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Harlem">Spanish Harlem</a>, New York City, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father played the <a href="/wiki/Cuatro_(instrument)" title="Cuatro (instrument)">cuatro</a>, a ten stringed guitar-like instrument. As a teenager, Bobo taught himself the <a href="/wiki/Bongo_drum" title="Bongo drum">bongos</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Conga" title="Conga">congas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbales" title="Timbales">timbales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1947, Bobo started working as a <a href="/wiki/Bandboy" title="Bandboy">band boy</a> for <a href="/wiki/Machito" title="Machito">Machito</a> in order to gain entrance to the band's concerts, sometimes filling in on percussion.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age 12, he began his professional career as a dancer and two years later made his recording debut as a bongo player.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He met <a href="/wiki/Mongo_Santamar%C3%ADa" title="Mongo Santamaría">Mongo Santamaría</a> shortly after his arrival in New York and studied with him while acting as his translator.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1950s, Bobo recorded with <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Williams" title="Mary Lou Williams">Mary Lou Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is said to have first given the nickname <i>Bobo</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg/220px-Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg/330px-Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg/440px-Willie_Bobo_1979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>Willie Bobo at <a href="/wiki/Bach_Dancing_%26_Dynamite_Society" title="Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society">Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society</a>, Half Moon Bay CA 9/2/79</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1954 until 1957, Bobo played with Tito Puente's band as part of the percussion section alongside Santamaria.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bobo joined <a href="/wiki/George_Shearing" title="George Shearing">George Shearing</a>'s band on the album <i>The Shearing Spell</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving Shearing, <a href="/wiki/Cal_Tjader" title="Cal Tjader">Cal Tjader</a> asked Bobo and Santamaría to become part of the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet, who released several albums as the <a href="/wiki/Mambo_(music)" title="Mambo (music)">mambo</a> craze reached fever pitch in the late 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reuniting with his mentor Santamaría in 1960, the pair released the album <i>Sabroso!</i> for the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Records" title="Fantasy Records">Fantasy</a> label. Bobo later formed his own group, releasing <i>Do That Thing/Guajira</i> with Tico and <i>Bobo's Beat</i> and <i>Let's Go Bobo</i> for Roulette, without achieving huge market penetration.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the success of Tjader's <i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Sauce" title="Soul Sauce">Soul Sauce</a></i>, in which he was heavily involved, Bobo formed a new band with the backing of <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a>, releasing <i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Grease" title="Spanish Grease">Spanish Grease</a></i>, the title track being perhaps his most well known tune.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highly successful at this attempt, Bobo released a further six albums with Verve.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, he moved to Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He again met up with his longtime friend Richard Sanchez Sr. and his son Richard Jr. and began recording in the studio. Bobo then worked as a <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session musician</a> for <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a> among others, as well as being a regular in the band for <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a>'s variety show <i><a href="/wiki/Cos_(TV_series)" title="Cos (TV series)">Cos</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Santana covered Willie Bobo's Latin song "Evil Ways" (written by Clarence "Sonny" Henry) in 1969 on <a href="/wiki/Santana_(1969_album)" title="Santana (1969 album)">their debut album</a>. In the late 1970s, Bobo recorded albums for <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Note">Blue Note</a> and <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bobo's youngest son, <a href="/wiki/Eric_%22Bobo%22_Correa" title="Eric "Bobo" Correa">Eric Bobo</a> (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew <a href="/wiki/Cypress_Hill" title="Cypress Hill">Cypress Hill</a>. He also performed on the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>' 1994 album <i><a href="/wiki/Ill_Communication" title="Ill Communication">Ill Communication</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandson, William Valen Correa, is co-founder of the music-based non-profit organization HNDP Los Angeles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a period of ill health, Bobo died at the age of 49, succumbing to cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_leader">As leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Do That Thing/Guajira</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tico_Records" title="Tico Records">Tico</a>, 1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobo%27s_Beat" title="Bobo's Beat">Bobo's Beat</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Roulette_Records" title="Roulette Records">Roulette</a>, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Bobo!" title="Let's Go Bobo!">Let's Go Bobo!</a></i> (Roulette, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Grease" title="Spanish Grease">Spanish Grease</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a>, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uno_Dos_Tres_1%E2%80%A22%E2%80%A23" title="Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3">Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3</a></i> (Verve, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feelin%27_So_Good_(Willie_Bobo_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Feelin' So Good (Willie Bobo album) (page does not exist)">Feelin' So Good</a></i> (Verve, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juicy_(album)" title="Juicy (album)">Juicy</a></i> (Verve, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bobo_Motion" title="Bobo Motion">Bobo Motion</a></i> (Verve, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Blues_Band" title="Spanish Blues Band">Spanish Blues Band</a></i> (Verve, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Dimension" title="A New Dimension">A New Dimension</a></i> (Verve, 1969)</li> <li><i>Do What You Want to Do</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sussex_Records" title="Sussex Records">Sussex</a>, 1971)</li> <li><i>The Drum Session</i> (<a href="/wiki/Philips_Records" title="Philips Records">Philips</a>, 1975) with <a href="/wiki/Louie_Bellson" title="Louie Bellson">Louie Bellson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shelly_Manne" title="Shelly Manne">Shelly Manne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Humphrey_(American_musician)" title="Paul Humphrey (American musician)">Paul Humphrey</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Is_Here" title="Tomorrow Is Here">Tomorrow Is Here</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hell_of_an_Act_to_Follow_(Willie_Bobo_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hell of an Act to Follow (Willie Bobo album) (page does not exist)">Hell of an Act to Follow</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, 1978)</li> <li><i>Bobo</i> (Columbia, 1979)</li> <li><i>Lost & Found</i> (<a href="/wiki/Concord_Records" title="Concord Records">Concord Picante</a>, 2006)</li> <li><i>Dig My Feeling</i> (Nacional Records, 2016)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_sideman">As sideman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Bobo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: As sideman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Nat_Adderley" title="Nat Adderley">Nat Adderley</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography_(Nat_Adderley_album)" title="Autobiography (Nat Adderley album)">Autobiography</a></i> (Atlantic, 1965)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Ashby" title="Dorothy Ashby">Dorothy Ashby</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fantastic_Jazz_Harp_of_Dorothy_Ashby" title="The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby">The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby</a></i> (Atlantic, 1965)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer" title="Bob Brookmeyer">Bob Brookmeyer</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trombone_Jazz_Samba" title="Trombone Jazz Samba">Trombone Jazz Samba</a></i> (Verve, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dave_Burns_(musician)" title="Dave Burns (musician)">Dave Burns</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Warming Up!</i> (<a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>, 1964)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis" title="Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_to_the_Meeting" title="Goin' to the Meeting">Goin' to the Meeting</a></i> (Prestige, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Quiet_Nights_(Miles_Davis_and_Gil_Evans_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiet Nights (Miles Davis and Gil Evans album)">Quiet Nights</a></i> (Columbia, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sorcerer_(Miles_Davis_album)" title="Sorcerer (Miles Davis album)">Sorcerer</a></i> (Columbia, 1967)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Victor_Feldman" title="Victor Feldman">Victor Feldman</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Latinsville!" title="Latinsville!">Latinsville!</a></i> (Contemporary, 1960)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Loves_Angela#Soundtrack" title="Aaron Loves Angela">Angela</a></i> (Private Stock, 1976)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Benny_Golson" title="Benny Golson">Benny Golson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Killer_Joe_(Benny_Golson_album)" title="Killer Joe (Benny Golson album)">Killer Joe</a></i> (Columbia, 1977)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Landslide_(album)" title="Landslide (album)">Landslide</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962 [1980])</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Grant_Green" title="Grant Green">Grant Green</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Latin_Bit" title="The Latin Bit">The Latin Bit</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Chico_Hamilton" title="Chico Hamilton">Chico Hamilton</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chic_Chic_Chico" title="Chic Chic Chico">Chic Chic Chico</a></i> (Impulse!, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_Chico_(album)" title="El Chico (album)">El Chico</a></i> (Impulse!, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Further_Adventures_of_El_Chico" title="The Further Adventures of El Chico">The Further Adventures of El Chico</a></i> (Impulse!, 1966)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Explosion!_The_Sound_of_Slide_Hampton" title="Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton">Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton</a></i> (Atlantic, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Inventions_and_Dimensions" class="mw-redirect" title="Inventions and Dimensions">Inventions and Dimensions</a></i> (Blue Note, 1964)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Harris" title="Eddie Harris">Eddie Harris</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Luck_Is_All_I_Have" title="Bad Luck Is All I Have">Bad Luck Is All I Have</a></i> (Atlantic, 1975)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hutcherson" title="Bobby Hutcherson">Bobby Hutcherson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Montara_(album)" title="Montara (album)">Montara</a></i> (Blue Note, 1975)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Mann" title="Herbie Mann">Herbie Mann</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_Now_(Herbie_Mann_album)" title="Right Now (Herbie Mann album)">Right Now</a></i> (Atlantic, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brazil,_Bossa_Nova_%26_Blues" title="Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues">Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues</a></i> (United Artists, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Mann_Live_at_Newport" title="Herbie Mann Live at Newport">Herbie Mann Live at Newport</a></i> (Atlantic, 1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Kinda_Groove" title="My Kinda Groove">My Kinda Groove</a></i> (Atlantic, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Latin_Mann" title="Latin Mann">Latin Mann</a></i> (Columbia, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Mann_Flute" title="Our Mann Flute">Our Mann Flute</a></i> (Atlantic, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beat_Goes_On_(Herbie_Mann_album)" title="The Beat Goes On (Herbie Mann album)">The Beat Goes On</a></i> (Atlantic, 1967)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Les_McCann" title="Les McCann">Les McCann</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/McCanna" title="McCanna">McCanna</a></i> (Pacific Jazz, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Much_Les" title="Much Les">Much Les</a></i> (Atlantic, 1968)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Gary_McFarland" title="Gary McFarland">Gary McFarland</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Soft_Samba" title="Soft Samba">Soft Samba</a></i> (Verve, 1963)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Miles" title="Buddy Miles">Buddy Miles</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Chapter VII</i> (Columbia, 1973)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Wes_Montgomery" title="Wes Montgomery">Wes Montgomery</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Movin%27_Wes" title="Movin' Wes">Movin' Wes</a></i> (Verve, 1964)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Skull_Session" title="Skull Session">Skull Session</a></i> (Flying Dutchman, 1975)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dave_Pike" title="Dave Pike">Dave Pike</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Limbo_Carnival" title="Limbo Carnival">Limbo Carnival</a></i> (New Jazz, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Latin" title="Manhattan Latin">Manhattan Latin</a></i> (Decca, 1964)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Cuban Carnival</i> (RCA Victor, 1956)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Ike_Quebec" title="Ike Quebec">Ike Quebec</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Samba" class="mw-redirect" title="Soul Samba">Soul Samba</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Terry_Reid" title="Terry Reid">Terry Reid</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>River</i> (Atlantic, 1973)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dannie_Richmond" title="Dannie Richmond">Dannie Richmond</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/%22In%22_Jazz_for_the_Culture_Set" title=""In" Jazz for the Culture Set">"In" Jazz for the Culture Set</a></i> (Impulse!, 1965)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rouse" title="Charlie Rouse">Charlie Rouse</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bossa_Nova_Bacchanal" title="Bossa Nova Bacchanal">Bossa Nova Bacchanal</a></i> (Blue Note, 1963)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/A._K._Salim" title="A. K. Salim">A. K. Salim</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro-Soul/Drum_Orgy" title="Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy">Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy</a></i> (Prestige, 1965)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Mongo_Santamaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongo Santamaria">Mongo Santamaria</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Mighty Mongo</i> (Fantasy, 1962)</li> <li><i>Viva Mongo!</i> (Fantasy, 1962)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Doc_Severinsen" title="Doc Severinsen">Doc Severinsen</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Rhapsody For Now!</i> (RCA, 1973)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stitt_Goes_Latin" title="Stitt Goes Latin">Stitt Goes Latin</a></i> (Roost, 1963)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A1bor_Szab%C3%B3" title="Gábor Szabó">Gábor Szabó</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spellbinder_(album)" title="Spellbinder (album)">Spellbinder</a></i> (Impulse!, 1966)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mumbles_(album)" title="Mumbles (album)">Mumbles</a></i> (Mainstream, 1966)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Cal_Tjader" title="Cal Tjader">Cal Tjader</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Latino</i> (Fantasy, 1958)</li> <li><i>Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea</i> (Fantasy, 1959)</li> <li><i>Cal Tjader's Latin Concert</i> (Fantasy, 1959)</li> <li><i>West Side Story</i> (Fantasy, 1960)</li> <li><i>Plays Harold Arlen</i> (Fantasy, 1961)</li> <li><i>Live and Direct</i> (Fantasy, 1962)</li> <li><i>Breeze from the East</i> (Verve, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Sauce" title="Soul Sauce">Soul Sauce</a></i> (Verve, 1965)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Don_Wilkerson" title="Don Wilkerson">Don Wilkerson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Elder_Don" title="Elder Don">Elder Don</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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