The Herbie Mann String Album is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1967.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed August 25, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed August 25, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated "To Sir, With Love" (Mark London, Don Black) - 2:33 "Hold Back (Just a Little)" - 3:00 "Sports Car" - 3:32 "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 4:01 "There Is a Mountain" (Donovan Leitch) - 2:02 "Flight of the Bluebird" (Torrie Zito) - 4:18 "Yesterday's Kisses" - 4:19 "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 6:06 "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) - 4:34 "Gloomy Sunday" (Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:22 Recorded in New York City on April 5, 1966 (tracks 3, 4 & 10), April 6, 1966 (tracks 2 & 6), April 7, 1966 (tracks 7–9) and September 21, 1967 (tracks 1 & 5)
Personnel Herbie Mann - flute Jimmy Owens (tracks 2–4 & 6–10), Clark Terry (tracks 1 & 5) - trumpet, flugelhorn Dave Ecker - trombone (tracks 1 & 5) Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 1 & 5) Gloria Agostini - harp (tracks 2–4, 6 & 10) Gene Bertoncini (tracks 2–4, 6 & 10), Bucky Pizzarelli (tracks 1 & 5), Wally Richardson (tracks 1 & 5) - guitar Richard Davis - bass (tracks 2–4 & 6–10) Bruno Carr (tracks 2 & 6), Mel Lewis (tracks 3, 4 & 7–10), Herbie Lovelle (tracks 1 & 5), Don McDonald (tracks 7–9) - drums Ray Barretto (tracks 1 & 5), Carlos "Patato" Valdes (tracks 2–4 & 6–10), Phil Kraus (Tracks 2–4 & 6–10), Ted Sommer (tracks 1 & 5), Orestes Vilato (tracks 1 & 5) - percussion Anahid Ajemian, Alfred Brown, Bernard Eichen, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove, Dave Markowitz, Charles McCracken, Marvin Morgenstern, David Nadien, George Ockner, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, George Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Alan Shulman, Sylvan Shulman, Tosha Tamaroff, Karen Tuttle, Emanuel Vardi, Jack Zayde - string section Arif Mardin (tracks 1 & 5), Torrie Zito (tracks 2–4, 6–10) - arranger, conductor Technical Tom Dowd - engineer Haig Adishian - design Jerry Schatzberg - photography
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