Bad Walking Woman

Bad Walking Woman
Studio album by Leon Spencer
Released	1972
Recorded	February 22, 1972
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:35
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]

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

• Leon Spencer – organ, vocals
• Virgil Jones – trumpet (track 5)
• Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
• Buzz Brauer – flute, English horn, oboe (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
• Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone (track 5)
• Dave Hubbard – tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
• Melvin Sparks (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Joe Beck (tracks 3, 6 & 7) – guitar
• Idris Muhammad – drums
• Buddy Caldwell – congas (tracks 4, 5 & 6)
• Billy Ver Planck – arranger (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
• Unidentified string section – (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)

Production

• Ozzie Cadena – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References

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