Herbie Mann Plays

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.

Herbie Mann Plays
Studio album by
Herbie Mann
Released1956
RecordedDecember, 1954 and unknown date in 1956
New York City
GenreJazz
Length31:39
LabelBethlehem
BCP 58
Herbie Mann chronology
The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet
(1955)		 Herbie Mann Plays
(1956)		 Love and the Weather
(1956)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[2]

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

References
  1. Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
  2. Yanow, Scott. Herbie Mann Plays – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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