Bad Walking Woman

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Bad Walking Woman
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Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedFebruary 22, 1972
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length37:35
Label Prestige
PR 10042
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Leon Spencer chronology
Louisiana Slim
(1971)
Bad Walking Woman
(1972)
Where I'm Coming From
(1973)

Bad Walking Woman is the third album by jazz organist Leon Spencer recorded for the Prestige label in 1972. [1]

Contents

Reception

Doug Payne stated the album was "Supremely heavy work from organist Leon Spencer – one of his classic jazz funk sessions for Prestige Records, and a record that shows him opening up his sound a bit more than before!". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Leon Spencer.

  1. "Hip Shaker" – 3:50 [actual time = 3:00]
  2. "Down On Dowling Street" – 4:55
  3. "In Search of Love" – 4:00
  4. "If You Were Me and I Were You" – 5:57
  5. "Bad Walking Woman" – 5:01
  6. "When My Love Has Gone" – 6:10
  7. "When Dreams Start to Fade" – 7:42

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed July 8, 2013
  2. Payne, D. Whatever happened to Leon Spencer? June 18, 2009.