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Surprises (Herbie Mann album)

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Released
  
1976

Surprises (1976)
  
Reggae II (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
39:44

Artist
  
Herbie Mann

Producer
  
Herbie Mann

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Recorded
  
1973-76 Dynamic Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, Mori Studios in Tokyo, Japan, Media Sound Studios in NYC and Atlantic Recording Studios in NYC

Genres
  
Jazz, Soul jazz, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
New Mann at Newport, Sultry Serenade, Mississippi Gambler, Today!, Great Ideas of Western Mann

Easter rising herbie mann from the album surprises


Surprises is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring singer Cissy Houston which was released on the Atlantic label in 1976.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

  1. "Draw Your Breaks" (Derrick Harriott, David Scott) - 4:50
  2. "Cajun Moon" (JJ Cale) - 6:17
  3. "Creepin" (Stevie Wonder) - 5:00
  4. "Easter Rising" (Pat Rebillot, Pat Kirby) - 4:40
  5. "Asa Branca" (Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Texeira, Luís Oliveira) - 3:55
  6. "The Sound of Windwood" - 2:34
  7. "Cricket Dance" - 4:17
  8. "The Butterfly in a Stone Garden" - 5:19
  9. "Anata (I Wish You Were Here with Me)" (Akiko Kosaka) - 3:07

Personnel

  • Herbie Mann - flute
  • Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi (track 6)
  • Yosei Sato - shō (tracks 6 & 8)
  • David Newman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
  • Pat Rebillot - keyboards
  • Gladstone Anderson - piano (track 1)
  • Winston Wright - organ (track 1)
  • Hux Brown (track 1), Sam Brown (track 6), Rod Bryan (track 1), Jerry Friedman (tracks 2-4, 7 & 9), Bob Mann (track 3-5, 7 & 8), Hugh McCracken (track 2), Jeff Mironov (track 5) - guitar
  • Eriko Kuramoto, Harumi Nakamura, Kazuko Tsubamoto - koto (tracks 6 & 8)
  • Somei Sasaki - shamisen (tracks 6 & 8)
  • Bob Babbitt (track 4), Jackie Jackson (track 1) Tony Levin (tracks 2, 3 & 5-9) - bass
  • Steve Gadd (tracks 2, 3 & 6-9), Rick Marotta (tracks 4 & 5), Michael Richard (track 1) - drums
  • Rafael Cruz (track 5), Sammy Figueroa (track 5), Armen Halburian (tracks 2-9), Ralph MacDonald (tracks 2 & 3) - percussion
  • Seiko Fujisya, Kisuku Katada, Hiromitsu Katada - taiko (tracks 6 & 8)
  • Cissy Houston (tracks 1-5), Akiko Kosaka (track 9) - vocals
  • Eunice Peterson, Rannelle Braxton - backing vocals (track 1)
  • David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Richard Sortomme - violin (track 4)
  • Emanuel Vardi, Richard Maximoff - viola (track 4)
  • Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy - cello (track 4)

    • Charting

    The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart, #56 on the Billboard R&B Album chart, and #178 on the Billboard 200.

    Songs

    1Draw Your Breaks4:48
    2Cajun Moon6:16
    3Creepin'4:54

    References

    Surprises (Herbie Mann album) Wikipedia
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