Styles: Flute Jazz
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:47
Size: 75,8 MB
Art: Front
(2:34) 1. Scratch
(2:28) 2. Philly Dog
(2:09) 3. Happy Brass
(2:51) 4. Good Lovin'
(5:07) 5. Theme from "This Is My Beloved"
(2:15) 6. Frere Jacques
(2:44) 7. Our Mann Flint
(2:22) 8. Fiddler on the Roof
(2:17) 9. Theme from "Malamondo"
(2:34) 10. Down by the Riverside
(2:58) 11. Monday, Monday
(2:22) 12. Skip to My Lou
Herbie Mann played a wide variety of music throughout his career. He became quite popular in the 1960s, but in the '70s became so immersed in pop and various types of world music that he seemed lost to jazz. However, Mann never lost his ability to improvise creatively as his later recordings attest. Herbie Mann began on clarinet when he was nine but was soon also playing flute and tenor. After serving in the Army, he was with Mat Mathews' Quintet (1953-1954) and then started working and recording as a leader. During 1954-1958 Mann stuck mostly to playing bop, sometimes collaborating with such players as Phil Woods, Buddy Collette, Sam Most, Bobby Jaspar, and Charlie Rouse. He doubled on cool-toned tenor and was one of the few jazz musicians in the '50s who recorded on bass clarinet; he also recorded a full album in 1957 (for Savoy) of unaccompanied flute. After spending time playing and writing music for television, Mann formed his Afro-Jazz Sextet, in 1959, a group using several percussionists, vibes (either Johnny Rae, Hagood Hardy, or Dave Pike) and the leader's flute. He toured Africa (1960) and Brazil (1961), had a hit with "Comin' Home Baby," and recorded with Bill Evans. The most popular jazz flutist during the era, Mann explored bossa nova (even recording in Brazil in 1962), incorporated music from many cultures (plus current pop tunes) into his repertoire, and had among his sidemen such top young musicians as Willie Bobo, Chick Corea (1965), Attila Zoller, and Roy Ayers; at the 1972 Newport Festival his sextet included David Newman and Sonny Sharrock. By then Mann had been a producer at Embroyo (a subsidiary of Atlantic) for three years and was frequently stretching his music outside of jazz. As the '70s advanced, Mann became much more involved in rock, pop, reggae, and even disco. After leaving Atlantic at the end of the '70s, Mann had his own label for awhile and gradually came back to jazz. He recorded for Chesky, made a record with Dave Valentin, and in the '90s founded the Kokopelli label on which before breaking away in 1996, he was free to pursue his wide range of musical interests. Through the years, he recorded as a leader for Bethlehem, Prestige, Epic, Riverside, Savoy, Mode, New Jazz, Chesky, Kokopelli, and most significantly Atlantic. He passed away on July 1, 2003, following an extended battle with prostate cancer. His last record was 2004's posthumously released Beyond Brooklyn for Telarc. ~ Scott Yanow https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/our-mann-flute/76152839
Personnel: Herbie Mann - flute, alto flute, arranger, conductor, writer; Leo Ball, Doc Cheatham, Al DeRisi, Jerome Kail, Marky Markowitz, Joe Newman, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Ziggy Schatz, Clark Terry, Snooky Young - trumpet; Bob Alexander, Quentin Jackson, Jimmy Knepper, Joe Orange, Santo Russo, Chauncey Welsch - trombone; Tony Studd - bass trombone; Jerry Dodgion - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone; Richie Kamuca - clarinet, tenor saxophone; King Curtis - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone; Dave Pike, Johnny Rae - vibraphone; Don Friedman, Jimmy Wisner - piano; Al Gorgoni, Mundell Lowe, Charles Macey, Attila Zoller - guitar; Milt Hinton, Jack Six, Knobby Totah, Reggie Workman - bass; Joe Mack - electric bass; Bruno Carr, Rudy Collins, Bernard Purdie, Bobby Thomas - drums; Willie Bobo, Gary Chester - timbales, percussion; Ray Barretto, Warren Smith, Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas; Ray Mantilla - bongos; Michael Olatunji - percussion, vocals; George Devens - percussion; Maya Angela, Dolores Parker - vocals; Anthony Bambino, Hinda Barnett, Emanuel Green, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Gene Orloff, Paul Winter - violin; Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore - cello; Arif Mardin, Oliver Nelson, Richard Wess, Jimmy Wisner - arranger, conductor
Our Mann Flute
