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.Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015 The CD reissue added three alternate takes.
Reception
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".
Track listing All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated "Chicken Little" - 3:00 "Cuban Love Song" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart) - 3:16 "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:15 "Deep Night" (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée) - 3:40 "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:05 "After Work" - 4:07 "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer) - 3:29 "A Spring Morning" - 2:45 "Scuffles" - 2:57 "The Purple Grotto" - 2:44 "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 2:43 "A Spring Morning" [alternate take] - 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue "The Purple Grotto" [alternate take] - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue "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
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