The Latin Bit

The Latin Bit
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1963
RecordedApril 26 & September 7, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreLatin jazz
Length38:56 original LP
59:53 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BST 84111
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Born to Be Blue
(1962)
The Latin Bit
(1963)
Goin' West
(1962)

The Latin Bit is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It is a loose concept album inspired by Latin American music. It features tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec, pianists Sonny Clark and John Adriano Acea, bassist Wendell Marshall and percussionists Willie Bobo, Garvin Masseaux and “Patato” Valdes.