Released 1956 Label PoppyDisc | Length 31:39 Release date 1956 | |
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Recorded December, 1954 and unknown date in 1956New York City Similar Herbie Mann albums, Jazz albums |
Herbie Mann Plays is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label featuring seven tracks originally released on the 10 inch LP East Coast Jazz/4 (1954) along with four tracks which were recorded in 1956. The CD reissue added three alternate takes.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "This set is a good example of Herbie Mann's early style before he started exploring various types of world musics".
Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated
- "Chicken Little" - 3:00
- "Cuban Love Song" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart) - 3:16
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:15
- "Deep Night" (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée) - 3:40
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:05
- "After Work" - 4:07
- "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer) - 3:29
- "A Spring Morning" - 2:45
- "Scuffles" - 2:57
- "The Purple Grotto" - 2:44
- "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 2:43
- "A Spring Morning" [alternate take] - 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Purple Grotto" [alternate take] - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Chicken Little" [alternate take] - 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Chicken Little3:01
2Cuban Love Song3:16
3The Things We Did Last Summer4:15
References
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