Shot Gun Blind Man Blind Man - Music
Shot Gun Blind Man Blind Man by Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
Artist Biography For Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo Was The Stage Name Of William Correa February 28 1934 – September 15 1983 1 A Latin And Jazz Percussionist Of Puerto Rican Ancestry.
His Youngest Son Eric Bobo Eric Correa Is A Percussionist With Crew Cypress Hill. He Also Performed On The Beastie Boys' 1994 Album Ill Communication As Well As Doing The 1994 Lollapalooza Tour With The Group His Grandson William Valen Correa Son Of Bobo's First Son William Gill Correa Is Co-Founder Of The Music-Based Non-Profit Organization HNDP Los Angeles. Willie Bobo Who Grew Up In Spanish Harlem New York Made His Name In Latin Jazz In The 1960's And 70's With The Timbales Becoming His Favoured Instrument. He Met Mongo Santamaria Shortly After His Arrival In New York And Studied With Him While Acting As His Translator And Later Joined Tito Puente For 4 Years From The Age Of 19. During The Early 50's The Nickname Bobo Is Said To Have Been Bestowed By The Jazz Pianist Mary Lou Williams. His First Major Exposure Was When He Joined George Shearing's Band On The Album The Shearing Spell. After Leaving Shearing Cal Tjader Asked Bobo And Santamaria To Become Part Of The Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet Who Released Several Albums As The Mambo Craze Reached Fever Pitch In The Late 50's. Reuniting With His Mentor Santamaria In 1960 The Pair Released The Album Sabroso! For The Fantasy Label. He Later Formed His Own Group Releasing Do That Thing/Guajira With Tico And Bobo's Beat And Let's Go Bobo For Roulette Without Achieving Huge Penetration. After The Runaway Sucess Of Tjaders Soul Sauce In Which He Was Heavily Involved Bobo Formed A New Band With The Backing Of The Verve Label Releasing Spanish Grease Of Which The Title Track Is Probably His Most Well Known Tune. Highly Successful At This Attempt Bobo Released A Further 7 Albums With Verve. In The Late 70's He Moved Out To Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Session Musician For Carlos Santana Among Others As Well As Being A Regular In The Band For The Bill Cosby Show. In The Late Seventies He Recorded A Couple Of Albums For Blue Note And Columbia Records. He Was Married To Alicia. He Died On September 15 1983 In Los Angeles California USA. After A Period Of Ill Health He Died At The Age Of 49 Succumbing To Cancer.
Alicia Wife Of Willie Said "He Wanted To Come To New York...He Wanted To Come Home...He Once Said That A Great Artist Always Gets Recognized At The End." Willie The Eldest Son Spoke "One Of My Father's Memorable Words Was 'music Is An International Language Anyone Can Follow The Music."' Eric The Youngest Son "He Wanted Everyone To Be Happy No Sorrow...This Is How His Life Was Happy Smiling To Have A Good Time." Discography With Cal Tjader
Latino Fantasy 1958 Cal Tjader's Concert By The Sea Fantasy 1959 Cal Tjader's Latin Concert Fantasy 1959 West Side Story Fantasy 1960 Plays Harold Arlen Fantasy 1961 Live And Direct Fantasy 1962 Breeze From The East Verve 1964 Soul Sauce Verve 1965 Discography As Leader
Do That Thing/Guajira Tico 1963 Bobo's Beat Roulette 1964 Let's Go Bobo! Roulette 1964 Spanish Grease Verve 1965 Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3 Verve 1966 Feelin' So Good Verve 1967 Juicy Verve 1967 Bobo Motion Verve 1967 Spanish Blues Band Verve 1968 A New Dimension Verve 1968 Do What You Want To Do Sussex 1971 Tomorrow Is Here Blue Note 1977 Hell Of An Act To Follow Columbia 1978 Bobo Columbia 1979 Lost & Found Concord Picante 2006 Dig My Feeling Nacional Records 2016 With Don Wilkerson
Elder Don Blue Note 1962 As Sideman
With Nat Adderley Autobiography Atlantic 1965 With Dorothy Ashby The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby Atlantic 1965 With Bob Brookmeyer Trombone Jazz Samba Verve 1962 With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Goin' To The Meeting Prestige 1962 With Miles Davis Quiet Nights Columbia 1964 Sorcerer Columbia 1967 With Victor Feldman Latinsville! Contemporary 1960 With José Feliciano Angela Private Stock 1976 With Grant Green The Latin Bit Blue Note 1962 With Chico Hamilton Chic Chic Chico Impulse! 1965 El Chico Impulse! 1965 The Further Adventures Of El Chico Impulse! 1966 With Slide Hampton Explosion! The Sound Of Slide Hampton Atlantic 1962 With Herbie Hancock Inventions And Dimensions Blue Note 1964 With Eddie Harris Bad Luck Is All I Have Atlantic 1975 With Bobby Hutcherson Montara Blue Note 1975 With Herbie Mann Right Now Atlantic 1962 Brazil Bossa Nova & Blues United Artists 1962 Herbie Mann Live At Newport Atlantic 1963 My Kinda Groove Atlantic 1965 Latin Mann Columbia 1965 Our Mann Flute Atlantic 1966 The Beat Goes On Atlantic 1967 With Les McCann McCanna Pacific Jazz 1964 Much Les Atlantic 1968 With Gary McFarland Soft Samba Verve 1963 With Buddy Miles Chapter VII Columbia 1973 With Wes Montgomery Movin' Wes Verve 1964 With Oliver Nelson Skull Session Flying Dutchman 1975 With Dave Pike Limbo Carnival New Jazz 1962 Manhattan Latin Decca 1964 With Tito Puente Cuban Carnival RCA Victor 1956 With Ike Quebec Soul Samba Blue Note 1962 With Terry Reid River Atlantic 1973 With Dannie Richmond "In" Jazz For The Culture Set Impulse! 1965 With Charlie Rouse Bossa Nova Bacchanal Blue Note 1963 With A. K. Salim Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy Prestige 1965 With Mongo Santamaria Mighty Mongo Fantasy 1962 Viva Mongo! Fantasy 1962 With Doc Severinsen Rhapsody For Now! RCA 1973 With Sonny Stitt Stitt Goes Latin Roost 1963 With Gábor Szabó Spellbinder Impulse! 1966 With Clark Terry Mumbles Mainstream 1966
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for Willie Bobo:
Biography - Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo Was The Stage Name Of William Correa February 28 1934 – September 15 1983 1 A Latin And Jazz Percussionist Of Puerto Rican Ancestry.
His Youngest Son Eric Bobo Eric Correa Is A Percussionist With Crew Cypress Hill. He Also Performed On The Beastie Boys' 1994 Album Ill Communication As Well As Doing The 1994 Lollapalooza Tour With The Group His Grandson William Valen Correa Son Of Bobo's First Son William Gill Correa Is Co-Founder Of The Music-Based Non-Profit Organization HNDP Los Angeles. Willie Bobo Who Grew Up In Spanish Harlem New York Made His Name In Latin Jazz In The 1960's And 70's With The Timbales Becoming His Favoured Instrument. He Met Mongo Santamaria Shortly After His Arrival In New York And Studied With Him While Acting As His Translator And Later Joined Tito Puente For 4 Years From The Age Of 19. During The Early 50's The Nickname Bobo Is Said To Have Been Bestowed By The Jazz Pianist Mary Lou Williams. His First Major Exposure Was When He Joined George Shearing's Band On The Album The Shearing Spell. After Leaving Shearing Cal Tjader Asked Bobo And Santamaria To Become Part Of The Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet Who Released Several Albums As The Mambo Craze Reached Fever Pitch In The Late 50's. Reuniting With His Mentor Santamaria In 1960 The Pair Released The Album Sabroso! For The Fantasy Label. He Later Formed His Own Group Releasing Do That Thing/Guajira With Tico And Bobo's Beat And Let's Go Bobo For Roulette Without Achieving Huge Penetration. After The Runaway Sucess Of Tjaders Soul Sauce In Which He Was Heavily Involved Bobo Formed A New Band With The Backing Of The Verve Label Releasing Spanish Grease Of Which The Title Track Is Probably His Most Well Known Tune. Highly Successful At This Attempt Bobo Released A Further 7 Albums With Verve. In The Late 70's He Moved Out To Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Session Musician For Carlos Santana Among Others As Well As Being A Regular In The Band For The Bill Cosby Show. In The Late Seventies He Recorded A Couple Of Albums For Blue Note And Columbia Records. He Was Married To Alicia. He Died On September 15 1983 In Los Angeles California USA. After A Period Of Ill Health He Died At The Age Of 49 Succumbing To Cancer.
Alicia Wife Of Willie Said "He Wanted To Come To New York...He Wanted To Come Home...He Once Said That A Great Artist Always Gets Recognized At The End." Willie The Eldest Son Spoke "One Of My Father's Memorable Words Was 'music Is An International Language Anyone Can Follow The Music."' Eric The Youngest Son "He Wanted Everyone To Be Happy No Sorrow...This Is How His Life Was Happy Smiling To Have A Good Time." Discography With Cal Tjader
Latino Fantasy 1958 Cal Tjader's Concert By The Sea Fantasy 1959 Cal Tjader's Latin Concert Fantasy 1959 West Side Story Fantasy 1960 Plays Harold Arlen Fantasy 1961 Live And Direct Fantasy 1962 Breeze From The East Verve 1964 Soul Sauce Verve 1965 Discography As Leader
Do That Thing/Guajira Tico 1963 Bobo's Beat Roulette 1964 Let's Go Bobo! Roulette 1964 Spanish Grease Verve 1965 Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3 Verve 1966 Feelin' So Good Verve 1967 Juicy Verve 1967 Bobo Motion Verve 1967 Spanish Blues Band Verve 1968 A New Dimension Verve 1968 Do What You Want To Do Sussex 1971 Tomorrow Is Here Blue Note 1977 Hell Of An Act To Follow Columbia 1978 Bobo Columbia 1979 Lost & Found Concord Picante 2006 Dig My Feeling Nacional Records 2016 With Don Wilkerson
Elder Don Blue Note 1962 As Sideman
With Nat Adderley Autobiography Atlantic 1965 With Dorothy Ashby The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby Atlantic 1965 With Bob Brookmeyer Trombone Jazz Samba Verve 1962 With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Goin' To The Meeting Prestige 1962 With Miles Davis Quiet Nights Columbia 1964 Sorcerer Columbia 1967 With Victor Feldman Latinsville! Contemporary 1960 With José Feliciano Angela Private Stock 1976 With Grant Green The Latin Bit Blue Note 1962 With Chico Hamilton Chic Chic Chico Impulse! 1965 El Chico Impulse! 1965 The Further Adventures Of El Chico Impulse! 1966 With Slide Hampton Explosion! The Sound Of Slide Hampton Atlantic 1962 With Herbie Hancock Inventions And Dimensions Blue Note 1964 With Eddie Harris Bad Luck Is All I Have Atlantic 1975 With Bobby Hutcherson Montara Blue Note 1975 With Herbie Mann Right Now Atlantic 1962 Brazil Bossa Nova & Blues United Artists 1962 Herbie Mann Live At Newport Atlantic 1963 My Kinda Groove Atlantic 1965 Latin Mann Columbia 1965 Our Mann Flute Atlantic 1966 The Beat Goes On Atlantic 1967 With Les McCann McCanna Pacific Jazz 1964 Much Les Atlantic 1968 With Gary McFarland Soft Samba Verve 1963 With Buddy Miles Chapter VII Columbia 1973 With Wes Montgomery Movin' Wes Verve 1964 With Oliver Nelson Skull Session Flying Dutchman 1975 With Dave Pike Limbo Carnival New Jazz 1962 Manhattan Latin Decca 1964 With Tito Puente Cuban Carnival RCA Victor 1956 With Ike Quebec Soul Samba Blue Note 1962 With Terry Reid River Atlantic 1973 With Dannie Richmond "In" Jazz For The Culture Set Impulse! 1965 With Charlie Rouse Bossa Nova Bacchanal Blue Note 1963 With A. K. Salim Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy Prestige 1965 With Mongo Santamaria Mighty Mongo Fantasy 1962 Viva Mongo! Fantasy 1962 With Doc Severinsen Rhapsody For Now! RCA 1973 With Sonny Stitt Stitt Goes Latin Roost 1963 With Gábor Szabó Spellbinder Impulse! 1966 With Clark Terry Mumbles Mainstream 1966 read less
read more
His Youngest Son Eric Bobo Eric Correa Is A Percussionist With Crew Cypress Hill. He Also Performed On The Beastie Boys' 1994 Album Ill Communication As Well As Doing The 1994 Lollapalooza Tour With The Group His Grandson William Valen Correa Son Of Bobo's First Son William Gill Correa Is Co-Founder Of The Music-Based Non-Profit Organization HNDP Los Angeles. Willie Bobo Who Grew Up In Spanish Harlem New York Made His Name In Latin Jazz In The 1960's And 70's With The Timbales Becoming His Favoured Instrument. He Met Mongo Santamaria Shortly After His Arrival In New York And Studied With Him While Acting As His Translator And Later Joined Tito Puente For 4 Years From The Age Of 19. During The Early 50's The Nickname Bobo Is Said To Have Been Bestowed By The Jazz Pianist Mary Lou Williams. His First Major Exposure Was When He Joined George Shearing's Band On The Album The Shearing Spell. After Leaving Shearing Cal Tjader Asked Bobo And Santamaria To Become Part Of The Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet Who Released Several Albums As The Mambo Craze Reached Fever Pitch In The Late 50's. Reuniting With His Mentor Santamaria In 1960 The Pair Released The Album Sabroso! For The Fantasy Label. He Later Formed His Own Group Releasing Do That Thing/Guajira With Tico And Bobo's Beat And Let's Go Bobo For Roulette Without Achieving Huge Penetration. After The Runaway Sucess Of Tjaders Soul Sauce In Which He Was Heavily Involved Bobo Formed A New Band With The Backing Of The Verve Label Releasing Spanish Grease Of Which The Title Track Is Probably His Most Well Known Tune. Highly Successful At This Attempt Bobo Released A Further 7 Albums With Verve. In The Late 70's He Moved Out To Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Session Musician For Carlos Santana Among Others As Well As Being A Regular In The Band For The Bill Cosby Show. In The Late Seventies He Recorded A Couple Of Albums For Blue Note And Columbia Records. He Was Married To Alicia. He Died On September 15 1983 In Los Angeles California USA. After A Period Of Ill Health He Died At The Age Of 49 Succumbing To Cancer.
Alicia Wife Of Willie Said "He Wanted To Come To New York...He Wanted To Come Home...He Once Said That A Great Artist Always Gets Recognized At The End." Willie The Eldest Son Spoke "One Of My Father's Memorable Words Was 'music Is An International Language Anyone Can Follow The Music."' Eric The Youngest Son "He Wanted Everyone To Be Happy No Sorrow...This Is How His Life Was Happy Smiling To Have A Good Time." Discography With Cal Tjader
Latino Fantasy 1958 Cal Tjader's Concert By The Sea Fantasy 1959 Cal Tjader's Latin Concert Fantasy 1959 West Side Story Fantasy 1960 Plays Harold Arlen Fantasy 1961 Live And Direct Fantasy 1962 Breeze From The East Verve 1964 Soul Sauce Verve 1965 Discography As Leader
Do That Thing/Guajira Tico 1963 Bobo's Beat Roulette 1964 Let's Go Bobo! Roulette 1964 Spanish Grease Verve 1965 Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3 Verve 1966 Feelin' So Good Verve 1967 Juicy Verve 1967 Bobo Motion Verve 1967 Spanish Blues Band Verve 1968 A New Dimension Verve 1968 Do What You Want To Do Sussex 1971 Tomorrow Is Here Blue Note 1977 Hell Of An Act To Follow Columbia 1978 Bobo Columbia 1979 Lost & Found Concord Picante 2006 Dig My Feeling Nacional Records 2016 With Don Wilkerson
Elder Don Blue Note 1962 As Sideman
With Nat Adderley Autobiography Atlantic 1965 With Dorothy Ashby The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby Atlantic 1965 With Bob Brookmeyer Trombone Jazz Samba Verve 1962 With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Goin' To The Meeting Prestige 1962 With Miles Davis Quiet Nights Columbia 1964 Sorcerer Columbia 1967 With Victor Feldman Latinsville! Contemporary 1960 With José Feliciano Angela Private Stock 1976 With Grant Green The Latin Bit Blue Note 1962 With Chico Hamilton Chic Chic Chico Impulse! 1965 El Chico Impulse! 1965 The Further Adventures Of El Chico Impulse! 1966 With Slide Hampton Explosion! The Sound Of Slide Hampton Atlantic 1962 With Herbie Hancock Inventions And Dimensions Blue Note 1964 With Eddie Harris Bad Luck Is All I Have Atlantic 1975 With Bobby Hutcherson Montara Blue Note 1975 With Herbie Mann Right Now Atlantic 1962 Brazil Bossa Nova & Blues United Artists 1962 Herbie Mann Live At Newport Atlantic 1963 My Kinda Groove Atlantic 1965 Latin Mann Columbia 1965 Our Mann Flute Atlantic 1966 The Beat Goes On Atlantic 1967 With Les McCann McCanna Pacific Jazz 1964 Much Les Atlantic 1968 With Gary McFarland Soft Samba Verve 1963 With Buddy Miles Chapter VII Columbia 1973 With Wes Montgomery Movin' Wes Verve 1964 With Oliver Nelson Skull Session Flying Dutchman 1975 With Dave Pike Limbo Carnival New Jazz 1962 Manhattan Latin Decca 1964 With Tito Puente Cuban Carnival RCA Victor 1956 With Ike Quebec Soul Samba Blue Note 1962 With Terry Reid River Atlantic 1973 With Dannie Richmond "In" Jazz For The Culture Set Impulse! 1965 With Charlie Rouse Bossa Nova Bacchanal Blue Note 1963 With A. K. Salim Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy Prestige 1965 With Mongo Santamaria Mighty Mongo Fantasy 1962 Viva Mongo! Fantasy 1962 With Doc Severinsen Rhapsody For Now! RCA 1973 With Sonny Stitt Stitt Goes Latin Roost 1963 With Gábor Szabó Spellbinder Impulse! 1966 With Clark Terry Mumbles Mainstream 1966 read less
16 Similar Artists To Willie Bobo - Frogtoon Music
Mongo Santamaria Ray Barretto Mongo Santamaría Cal Tjader Tito Puente Eddie Palmieri Deodato Joe Bataan Poncho Sanchez Dave Pike Donald Byrd Machito The Crusaders Jimmy McGriff Dizzy Gillespie Herbie Mann.