Herbie Mann - Afro-Jazziac Bop '2006

Tracks list

Few jazz musicians did more to introduce American audiences to the Latin-jazz
fusion than flutist Herbie Mann, whose pop crossovers -- a generous soul would
describe them as "easy to digest" -- were heard by many more listeners than the
work of artistic innovators like Machito or Antonio Carlos Jobim. Though he
wasn't exactly a trailblazer, Mann recorded a lot of exemplary music, and two of
his earliest and most vital dates are heard on Afro-Jazziac Bop, a 2003
compilation released by Fuel 2000. (The same items also appear on a 1999
Entertainers collection titled Brazilian Soft Shoe.) Comprising a pair of
co-billed LPs recorded just before he formed his Afro-Jazz Sextet in 1959, the
disc includes music originally heard on the 1959 Roulette LP Machito With Flute
to Boot and the 1958 Mode LP Flute Fraternity (with Buddy Collette). For the
first, Mann is featured in front of Machito's Orchestra, with the addition of
Johnny Griffin on tenor and Curtis Fuller on trombone. His jaunty solos fit in
well with Machito's stately swing, while the titles alternate boppish
experiments ("To Birdland and Hurry") with evocative overseas postcards
("African Flute," "Calypso John"). The other session is a slim and limber West
Coast date, featuring Mann and fellow reed player Collette playfully trading
solos -- in fact, "Herbie's Buddy" has them interacting first on flute, then
tenor, then clarinet. Taken together, the two sets heard on Afro-Jazziac Bop
don't equal his Savoy work of the same time, but both of them equal or go beyond
his more popular Atlantic records.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Herbie Mann - Brazilian Soft Shoe (2:18)
1.02 - Herbie Mann - Afro-Jazziac (4:19)
1.03 - Herbie Mann - Ring-A-Levio (2:42)
1.04 - Herbie Mann - Afternoon Death (3:27)
1.05 - Herbie Mann - To Birdland and Hurry (3:10)
1.06 - Herbie Mann - Calypso John (2:02)
1.07 - Herbie Mann - African Flute (2:55)
1.08 - Herbie Mann - Carabunta (3:39)
1.09 - Herbie Mann - The Davis Cup (3:11)
1.10 - Herbie Mann - Answer Me (3:33)
1.11 - Herbie Mann - Herbie's Buddy (4:00)
1.12 - Herbie Mann - Perdido (4:07)
1.13 - Herbie Mann - Baubles, Bangles and Beads (4:13)
1.14 - Herbie Mann - Give A Little Whistle (3:29)
1.15 - Herbie Mann - Here's Pete (2:34)
1.16 - Herbie Mann - Theme From "Theme From" (6:31)
1.17 - Herbie Mann - Nancy With The Laughing Face (3:46)
1.18 - Herbie Mann - Morning After (2:29)
1.19 - Herbie Mann - Bacao (4:28)
1.20 - Herbie Mann - Love Chant (3:10)

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