Guitarist Grant Green explored Latin & Brazilian influences on his highly enjoyable 1962 album The Latin Bit featuring Johnny Acea on piano, Wendell Marshall on bass, Willie Bobo on drums, Carlos "Patato" Valdes on conga, and Garvin Masseaux on chekere. Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tapes, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

The effortlessly cool Grant Green strove in a new and groovy direction on this album, inspired by Latin and Brazilian music. The Latin Bit was originally released in 1962 and featured Green on guitar, drummer Willie Bobo, conga player Carlos "Patato" Valdes and chekere-playing Garvin Masseaux.

FFO: Ike Quebec, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino.

By Martha