Herbie Mann Plays Explained

Herbie Mann Plays
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Herbie Mann
Cover:	Herbie Mann Plays.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	December, 1954 and unknown date in 1956 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:39
Label:	Bethlehem BCP 58
Chronology:	Herbie Mann
Prev Title:	The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Love and the Weather
Next Year:	1956

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.^[1] The CD reissue added three alternate takes.

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

1. "Chicken Little" - 3:00
2. "Cuban Love Song" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart) - 3:16
3. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:15
4. "Deep Night" (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée) - 3:40
5. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:05
6. "After Work" - 4:07
7. "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer) - 3:29
8. "A Spring Morning" - 2:45
9. "Scuffles" - 2:57
10. "The Purple Grotto" - 2:44
11. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 2:43
12. "A Spring Morning" [alternate take] - 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "The Purple Grotto" [alternate take] - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Chicken Little" [alternate take] - 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Joe Puma (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9), Benny Weeks (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14) - guitar
• Keith Hodgson (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14), Whitey Mitchell (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9) - bass
• Lee Rockey (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14), Herb Wasserman (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/bethlehem-records/catalog-deluxe-series/#bcp-58 Bethlehem Records discography