(World Fusion, Ethnic Jazz, Flute) Herbie Mann - Our Mann Flute / Impressions Of The Middle East (2LPs on 1CD) - 1966 / 1967, FLAC (tracks), lossless

Our Mann Flute
The melodic and swinging flute of Herbie Mann is as familiar to jazz fans in such widely separate cities of the world as Tokyo, Stockholm and Rio de Janeiro, as it is to denizens of key jazz clubs from New York to San Francisco. During the past decade Herbie Mann and his flute have visited every continent on this globe and performed in a score of countries throughout the world. One entire wall of his New York apartment is clustered with flutes of various sizes, shapes and dimensions, mementos of his many trips abroad. He can play them all with the same warmth, drive and intensity that he pours into his own native American instrument.
Herbie Mann's trips to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America have brought him in contact with many varied styles of music. He has brought back with him a great many of these exotic musical forms and sounds and has developed them into solid musical trends in the United States. He helped spur the great interest in Afro-Cuban music among both jazz and pop musicians through the swinging Afro-Cuban arrangements he featured with his first big band. He brought the Bossa Nova back from Brazil and was largely responsible for making Bossa Nova the biggest musical trend of the early 1960's. He has helped popularize Middle Eastern music, Israeli music, native African songs, and music from South America during his lively and exciting career.
New musical styles and fresh ideas are the trademark of Herbie Mann. Both his band and his book undergo constant change through his ceaseless quest for new ways to express himself and his music. Yet through all the changes one thing remains constant: the provocative sound of Herbie Mann's flute. On this new album Herbie Mann displays more of his exciting flute sound as he continues to explore the music of today and tomorrow.
— From the original liner notes by Bob Rolontz
Our Mann Flute
01. Scratch (Henderson) arr.& cond. by Jimmy Wisner
02. Philly Dog (Thomas) arr.& cond. by Jimmy Wisner
03. Happy Brass (Mann) arr.& cond. by Herbie Mann
04. Good Lovin' (Clark,Resnick) arr.& cond. by Herbie Mann
05. Theme From "This Is My Beloved" (Mann) arr.& cond. by Oliver Nelson
06. Frere Jacques (Traditional) arr.& cond. by Richard Wess
07. Our Man Flint (Goldsmith) arr.& cond. by Arif Mardin
08. Fiddler On The Roof (Hamick, Bock) arr.& cond. by Richard Wess
09. Theme From "Malamondo" (Morricone) arr.& cond. by Richard Wess
10. Down By The Riverside (Traditional) arr.& cond. by Herbie Mann
11. Monday, Monday (Phillips) arr.& cond. by Jimmy Wisner
12. Skip To My Lou (Traditional) arr.& cond. by Richard Wess
Originally released in 1966 as Atlantic 1464
Impressions Of The Middle East
This album marks one of the rare occasions when a major jazz musicians has turned his attention to the musical traditions of the Middle East. Herbie Mann has recorded the ”pleasant sound” whisch is in the grain of the whole region. Exuberance is Mann’s mood. He blows his flute to lifting rhythms, capturing the joys and the flamboyance of the Middle Eastern soul.
01. Turkish Coffee (Mann) arr.by Herbie Mann
02. Incense (Mann) arr.by Herbie Mann
03. Odalisque (Mardin) arr.by Arif Mardin
04. Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Barry, Greenwich) arr.by Arif Mardin
05. Uscudar (Traditional) arr.by Arif Mardin
06. The Oud And The Pussycat (Mann) arr.by Herbie Mann
07. Yavuz (Traditional) arr.by Arif Mardin
08. Dance Of The Semites (Mann) arr.by Herbie Mann
09. Eli Eli (Traditional) arr.by Torrie Zito
Originally released in 1967 as Atlantic 1475
On Turkish Coffee & Odalisque the personnel is:
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Roy Ayers -vibes;Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Carlos"Patato"Valdes -conga drums; Hachig Thomas Kazarian &
Geraldine Swee -percussion
On Incense the personnel is the same except that Herbie Mann plays the alto flute
On Do Wah Diddy Diddy & The Oud And The Pussycat the personnel is:
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet; Julian Priester &
Joe Orange -trombone; Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Reggie Workman -bass;
Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Atilla Zoller -guitar; Bruno Carr -drums; Moulay Ali Hafid,
Robert Marashlian & Carlos"Patato"Valdes -percussion
On Uscudar,Yavuz & Dance Of The Semites the personnel is:
Herbie Mann -flute; Chick Ganimian -oud; Jimmy Owens -trumpet & fluegelhorn;
Hachig Thomas Kazarian -clarinet; Mohamed Elakkad -zither; Reggie Workman -bass;
Bruno Carr -drums; Robert Marashlian & Moulay Ali Hafid -percussion
On Eli Eli the personnel is:
Herbie Mann -flute; Richard Davis -bass; Gloria Agostino -harp; David Nadien,
Anahid Adjemian'Al Brown, Bernard Eichen, Leo Cahn, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove,
Dave Mankowitz, Charles McCracken, Marvin Morgenstern, George Ockner, Raoul Poliakin,
Max Pollikoff,George Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Tosha Samaroff, Al Schulman, Sylvan Schulman,
Karen Tuttle, Emanuel Vardi & Jack Zayde -strings