Reggae is an album by flautist Herbie Mann with the Tommy McCook Band recorded in London in 1973 and released on the Atlantic label.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed August 31, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating: "Despite its title, most of the music on this album is not actually reggae but a mixture of jazz, R&B and pop. Flutist Herbie Mann, guitarists Mick Taylor and Albert Lee and keyboardist Pat Rebillot combine with the eight-piece Tommy McCook band to create some spirited and danceable (if a bit dated) music... The results are fun if not all that substantial". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings gave the album 2 stars saying it had: "No more than a hint of reggae".
Track listing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:44 "Rivers of Babylon" (Brenton Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) - 4:42 "Swinging Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) - 8:19 "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 17:59
Personnel Herbie Mann - flute Bobby Ellis - trumpet Tommy McCook - tenor saxophone Gladstone Anderson - piano Winston Wright - organ Pat Rebillot - piano, clavinet Hux Brown, Rod Bryan, Albert Lee, Mick Taylor - guitar Jackie Jackson - bass Michael Richard - drums Technical Gary Martin - engineer Ahmet Ertegun - executive producer Don Brautigam - cover illustration
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