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1967 studio album by Herbie Mann
The Herbie Mann String Album Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1967.[ 1]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 2]
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[ 2]
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) 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 - engineerHaig Adishian - design
Jerry Schatzberg - photography
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithDuke WithJohnny WithQuincy WithHerbie WithOliver With
My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1959)Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments Soul Summit Vol. 2 Gene Ammons , 1961)Late Hour Special Velvet Soul One Foot in the Gutter Dave Bailey , 1960)Gettin' Into Somethin' Goodies George Benson , 1968)Bobo's Beat Willie Bobo , 1968)Jam Session Clifford Brown , 1954)Ruth Brown '65 Ruth Brown , 1964)Who Is Gary Burton? Byrd at the Gate Charlie Byrd , 1963)Son of Drum Suite Al Cohn , 1960)The Magic Touch Tadd Dameron , 1962)Afro-Jaws Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)Trane Whistle Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra Ella Abraça Jobim Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)Big Band Bossa Nova Stan Getz , 1962)Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One Gillespiana Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)Carnegie Hall Concert Cookin' Paul Gonsalves , 1957)The Big Soul-Band Johnny Griffin , 1960)White Gardenia Homage to Duke Dave Grusin , 1993)The Further Adventures of El Chico Chico Hamilton , 1966)It's About Time Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)You Better Know It!!! Lionel Hampton , 1964)Really Big! Jimmy Heath , 1960)Friends Old and New John Hicks , 1992)Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness JATP , 1983)Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants J.J.! J.J. Johnson , 1964)Goodies Concepts in Blue Summit Meeting Elvin Jones , 1977)Down Home Sam Jones , 1962)At Newport '63 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)The Centaur and the Phoenix Yusef Lateef , 1960)Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz Mundell Lowe , 1960)Satan in High Heels The Soul of Hollywood Junior Mance , 1962)The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Tijuana Jazz Mingus Revisited Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus , 1960)The Complete Town Hall Concert Smooth as the Wind Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)A Sure Thing Jazz Dialogue Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan '63 Gerry Mulligan , 1962)That's How I Love the Blues! Mark Murphy , 1962)Nine Flags Chico O'Farrill , 1966)Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts The Alternate Blues The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Basically Duke Oscar Pettiford , 1954)The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner Big Joe Turner , 1974)Bossa Nova Carnival Dave Pike , 1962)Jazz for the Jet Set Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass New Fantasy Lalo Schifrin , 1964)Once a Thief and Other Themes Hobo Flats Jimmy Smith , 1963)The Matadors Meet the Bull Sonny Stitt , 1965)I Keep Comin' Back! Taylor Made Jazz Billy Taylor , 1959)New York City R&B Cecil Taylor , 1961)Kwamina Out of the Storm Ed Thigpen , 1966)Devil May Care Teri Thornton , 1960–61)Joyride Stanley Turrentine , 1965)Live at Newport McCoy Tyner , 1963)Dinah Jams Dinah Washington , 1954)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)Kai Olé Kai Winding , 1961)The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode Jimmy Woode , 1957)
