Impressions of the Middle East

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

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)

• 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