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Impressions of the Middle East

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Released
  
1967

Artist
  
Herbie Mann

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
44:11

Release date
  
1967

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Recorded
  
March 7 & 22, April 5 and November 9, 1966 New York City

Impressions of the Middle East (1966)
  
A Mann & A Woman (1966)

Genres
  
Ethno jazz, Crossover jazz

Producers
  
Nesuhi Ertegun, Arif Mardin

Similar
  
Crossover jazz albums, Other albums

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Impressions of the Middle East is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1967.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

  1. "Turkish Coffee" - 5:00
  2. "Incense" - 7:18
  3. "Odalisque" (Arif Mardin) - 7:40
  4. "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 2:36
  5. "Uskudar" (Traditional) - 3:37
  6. "The Oud and the Pussycat" - 5:03
  7. "Yavuz" (Traditional) - 4:36
  8. "Dance of the Semites" - 4:27
  9. "Eli Eli" (Traditional) - 3:56
  • Recorded in New York City on March 7, 1966 (tracks 5, 7 & 8), March 22, 1966 (tracks 4 & 6), April 5, 1966 (track 9) and November 9, 1966 (tracks 1-3)

    • Personnel

  • Herbie Mann - flute
  • Jimmy Owens - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 4-9)
  • Joe Orange, Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 4 & 6)
  • Hachig Thomas Kazarian - clarinet (tracks 4-8)
  • Mohammed Elakkad - zither (tracks 4-8)
  • Chick Ganimian - oud (tracks 1-8)
  • Gloria Agostini - harp (track 9)
  • Roy Ayers - vibraphone (tracks 1-3)
  • Attila Zoller - guitar (tracks 4 & 6)
  • Richard Davis (track 9), Reggie Workman (tracks 4-8) - bass
  • Bruno Carr (tracks 1-8), Mel Lewis (track 9) - drums
  • Moulay "Ali" Hafid (tracks 5, 7 & 8), Robert Marashlian (tracks 5, 7 & 8), Carlos "Patato" Valdes (tracks 1-4, 6 & 9), Phil Kraus (track 9), Hachig Thomas Kazarian (tracks 1-3), Geraldine Swee (tracks 1-3) - percussion
  • Arif Mardin, Torrie Zito - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1Turkish Coffee5:01
    2Incense7:19
    3Odalisque7:43

    References

    Impressions of the Middle East Wikipedia
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