Thursday 14 May 2009

Herbie Mann - Today! (1965)

01.Today (Herbie Mann/Oliver Nelson) 3:46
02.The Creole Love Call (Duke Ellington) 4:58
03.Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) 3:48
04.Arrastao (Edu Lobo/Norman Gimbel) 4:13
05.The Mooche (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills) 4:16
06.If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody (Rudy Clark) 3:50
07.Yesterday (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 3:38
08.The Night Before (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 4:58.


Herbie Mann (Flute and Alto Flute)
Oliver Nelson (Arranged and Conducted)
Jimmy Owens (Trumpet)
Jack Hitchcock (Trombone)
Joseph Orange (Trombone)
Dave Pike (Vibraphone)
Earl May (Double Bass)
Bruno Carr (Drums)
Carlos "Patato" Valdes (Percussion).


Review by Scott Yanow
Flutist Herbie Mann has always had wide interests in music. For this hard-to-find LP he is joined by three brass, vibraphonist Dave Pike, bassist Earl May, drummer Bruno Carr and percussionist Patato Valdes (with arrangements by Oliver Nelson) for a wide-ranging program that includes two Beatles songs, a selection from Burt Bacharach and two ancient pieces by Duke Ellington ("Creole Love Call" and "The Mooche"). In general Mann plays quite well but there is little memorable about this generally commercial effort.

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