The Cisco Kid (album)

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The Cisco Kid
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Studio album by
Reuben Wilson
Released1973
Recorded1973
StudioNew York, NY
Genre Jazz
Length37:27
Label Groove Merchant
GM 523
Producer Sonny Lester
Reuben Wilson chronology
The Sweet Life
(1972)		The Cisco Kid
(1973)		 Got to Get Your Own
(1975)

The Cisco Kid is an album by American jazz organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Reuben Wilson's second Groove Merchant session, The Cisco Kid, pairs the organist with a murderer's-row support unit ... Given the talent involved, it's regrettable that the album adheres to such a pedestrian formula, reimagining the same pop and soul covers as virtually every other jazz-funk session issued at the time". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted.

  1. "The Cisco Kid" (Thomas Allen, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown, Charles Miller, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) – 5:19
  2. "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 3:55
  3. "Superfly" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:53
  4. "We've Only Just Begun" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 4:03
  5. "Snaps" – 7:17
  6. "Groove Grease" – 6:45
  7. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:15

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Reuben Wilson discography, accessed April 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed April 6, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 6, 2018
  4. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. The Cisco Kid – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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