Mama Wailer Explained

Mama Wailer
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lonnie Smith
Cover:	Mama Wailer.jpg
Released:	1971
Recorded:	July 14 & 15, 1971
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:25
Label:	Kudu KU-02
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Chronology:	Lonnie Smith
Prev Title:	Live at Club Mozambique
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Afro–desia
Next Year:	1975

Mama Wailer is an album by American jazz organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1971 and released on the Kudu label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Allmusic's Thom Jurek said: "Mama Wailer is one of the quintessential sides issued by Creed Taylor's CTI/Kudu imprint ... This is what Latin soul is all about when it meets jazz. The improvisations are in the pocket, but, at the same time, off the page. Here is where boogaloo and hard bop meet headlong".

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except where noted

1. "Mama Wailer" – 6:20
2. "Hola Muneca" – 6:32
3. "I Feel the Earth Move" (Carole King) – 5:06
4. "Stand" (Sylvester Stewart) – 17:27

Personnel

• Lonnie Smith – organ, clavinet, vocals
• Danny Moore – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Grover Washington Jr. – flute, tenor saxophone, arranger
• Dave Hubbard – tenor saxophone
• Marvin Cabell – tenor saxophone
• George Davis – guitar
• Jimmy Ponder – guitar
• Robert Lowe – guitar (track 1)
• Ron Carter – bass, electric bass (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Chuck Rainey – bass, electric bass (track 3)
• Billy Cobham – drums
• William King, Airto Moreira, Richard Pratt – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.drlonniesmith.com/discography/ Dr. Lonnie Smith Discography
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/cti-records/kudu-records-catalog-twelve-inch-series/#ku-02 Jazzdisco: KUDU Records Catalog: Twelve Inch series
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Mama_Wailer.htm Jazzlists: Album details