Bobbi Humphrey - 'Mestizo Eyes'

From "Fancy Dancer" 1975, Blue Note Records
Recorded August 5-7, 1975 at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

Written by Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell & William Jordan
Produced by Larry Mizell & Chuck Davis
Arranged by Larry & Fonce Mizell
Recording Engineer - Steve Moslow
Mixing Engineer - Steve Moslow & Chuck Davis
Assintant Engineer - Jeff Hawks

Flute & Vocals - Bobbi Humphrey
Background vocal arrangements - Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell
Piano, Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Clavinet - Skip Scarborough, Fonce Mizell
Synthesizer (Arp) - Jerry Peters
Synthesizer (Solina, Arp) - Larry Mizell
Trombone - Julian Priester
Harp - Dorothy Ashby
Marimba, Vibraphone - Roger Glenn
Guitar - Craig McMullen, John Rowin
Electric bass - Chuck Rainey
Congas - Mayuto Correa
Drums - Harvey Mason

[zachariah-binyisrayl]

This is some "cruising down the freeway at 2am....windows open...summer night...bout to take care of some bidnis" jazz. 💎💓🔥

[thedonbishop]

DJ Quik flipped the hell out of this for AMG on “Vertical Interlude”. Can’t believe no one else mentioned this yet.

[TacoBear_Studios]

Bobbi Humphrey is a class of her own or one of those jazz artists that don't get a lot of credit

[erickjackson]

This song is medical and magical unbelievable!

[theillestKP]

Mestizo Curren$y brought me here. Listening to him introduced me to the beautiful sounds of Ms. Bobbing Humphrey

[rff]

I saw Bobbi Humphrey and the Mizell brothers (all first preformed with jazz trumpeter great Donald Byrd, during his commercial phase) in concert in Dallas, TX at Bishop College (now Paul Quinn College) in 1976.

[empressx]

So smooth and melodic, and to think, my 22 year-old son sent this to me because he likes, and listen to some of the same type of music that I do.

[jameshamill]

Bobbi Humphrey's music is amazing

[shafiqshabazz]

African American Classical Music, aka known as Jazz

[wezilla]

Heard this over the radio in Houston one night.. fell in love with the groove and cruised down I-10 jammin

[webbgems]

Esentric and eloquent need I say more 😊

[Tyler_ThaTruth]

Wiz and currency did this song justice, real ones know

[davidlejenkins]

The part where he said "mestizo eyes" really spoke to me.

[mizpahboy]

What a fantastic Humphrey tune...Bobbi settles in nice and mellow with her flute while Chuck Rainey rocks study on the bass. Smokin' upload.

[DJBomBay]

Curren$y & Wiz - Toast Brought me here.

[mauricenorrisejr]

Funny how sound can be made to show visual 🤔, the intro instrument shows the blue line of the shoe 👞 doesn't it! Amazing group! Thanks Bobbi for all of your genius! I create wonders to your 🎶 🎵

[jjcoz]

I'm so grateful for this masterpiece.

[TheVDN]

soo harmonic and full of effets. awesome.

[etriga]

Always thought it was Wiz Khalifa saying Mestizo eyes until i found the original.

[rickreese]

Mestizo is a term historically used in Spain and Hispanic America that originally referred to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent, regardless of where the person was born. The term was used as an ethnic/racial category for mixed-race castas that evolved during the Spanish Empire. Although broadly speaking, Mestizo means someone of mixed European/indigenous heritage, the term did not have a fixed meaning in the colonial period. It was a formal label for individuals in official documentation, such as censuses, parish registers, Inquisition trials, and other matters. Individuals were labeled by priests and royal officials as mestizos, but the term was also used for self identification.[2]