Joe Bataan – “Mr. New York And The East Side Kids” album art
Joe Bataan (1942–) is “a Filipino and American Latin soul singer, songwriter and musician” (Wikipedia) who earned himself the title “King of Latin Soul” in the Hispanic and Latino music scene. On the cover of “Mr. New York And The East Side Kids”, he poses for photographer Len Bauman, wearing a striped shirt and sitting on an abstract sculpture, surrounded by friends, kids and colleagues. I have not found information about the location of the cover shot, but it’s likely to be somewhere in Spanish Harlem according to a Blogspot article by “bongohead” about Bataan’s New York hangouts, career and album covers.
The cover typography was designed by Izzy Sanabria who picked Buxom, a follower of Baby Fat by fellow New Yorker Milton Glaser, set in all caps and filled with three colors. The album title is set in Futura.
