Impressions of the Middle East explained

Impressions of the Middle East
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Herbie Mann
Cover:	Impressions of the Middle East.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	March 7 & 22, April 5 and November 9, 1966
Genre:	Ethno jazz, crossover jazz
Length:	44:11
Label:	Atlantic SD 1475
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun and Arif Mardin
Chronology:	Herbie Mann
Prev Title:	New Mann at Newport
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	A Mann & A Woman
Next Year:	1967

Impressions of the Middle East is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1967.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

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; arranged by Arif Mardin) - 3:37
6. "The Oud and the Pussycat" - 5:03
7. "Yavuz" (Traditional; arranged by Arif Mardin) - 4:36
8. "Dance of the Semites" - 4:27
9. "Eli Eli" (Traditional; arranged by Torrie Zito) - 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 - flutes
• Jimmy Owens - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 4-9)
• Joseph 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
• Aaron Rosand, Alan Shulman, Alfred Brown, Anahid Ajemian, Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, Charles McCracken, David Mankowitz, David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, George Ockner, George Ricci, Jack Zayde, Karen Tuttle, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Pollikoff, Raoul Poliakin, Sylvan Shulman, Tosha Samaroff - strings (track 9)
• Arif Mardin, Torrie Zito - arranger, conductor

Technical

• Bruce Tergesen, Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd - engineer
• Marvin Israel - design

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1475 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/impressions-of-the-middle-east-mw0000877171 Allmusic listing: Impressions of the Middle East