Mama Wailer is an album by American jazz organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1971 and released on the Kudu label.Dr. Lonnie Smith Discography, accessed September 3, 2018Jazzdisco: KUDU Records Catalog: Twelve Inch series, accessed September 3, 2018Jazzlists: Album details, accessed September 3, 2018
Reception
Allmusic's Thom Jurek said: "Mama Wailer is one of the quintessential sides issued by Creed Taylor's CTI/Kudu imprint ... This is what Latin soul is all about when it meets jazz. The improvisations are in the pocket, but, at the same time, off the page. Here is where boogaloo and hard bop meet headlong".
Track listing All compositions by Lonnie Smith except where noted "Mama Wailer" – 6:20 "Hola Muneca" – 6:32 "I Feel the Earth Move" (Carole King) – 5:06 "Stand" (Sylvester Stewart) – 17:27
Personnel Lonnie Smith – organ, clavinet, vocals Danny Moore – trumpet, flugelhorn Grover Washington Jr. – flute, tenor saxophone, arranger Dave Hubbard – tenor saxophone Marvin Cabell – tenor saxophone George Davis – guitar Jimmy Ponder – guitar Robert Lowe – guitar (track 1) Ron Carter – bass, electric bass (tracks 1, 2 & 4) Chuck Rainey – bass, electric bass (track 3) Billy Cobham – drums William King, Airto Moreira, Richard Pratt – percussion
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