Herbie Mann - Deep Pocket

Herbie Mann - Deep Pocket
Label: Kokopelli Records KOKO1296
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Jazz
Style: Crossover Jazz, Soul Jazz
Tracklist
1 Down on the Corner Fogert 4:26
2 Knock on Wood Cropper, Floyd 4:46
3 Moanin' Timmons 6:45
4 Mustang Sally Rice 6:48
5 When Something Is Wrong WithMy Baby Hayes, Porter 3:38
6 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Strong, Whitfield 7:20
7 Sunny Hebb, Kern 5:06
8 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Zawinul 7:01
9 Go Home 5:08
10 Amazing Grace 6:58
Credits
Jim Cazk: Engineer
Steve Cropper: Composer
Eddie Floyd: Composer
John Fogerty: Composer
Isaac Hayes: Composer
Bobby Hebb: Composer
Jerome Kern: Composer
Herbie Mann: Flute
David Porter: Composer
Bonny "Mack" Rice: Composer
David Rosenbald: Engineer
Barrett Strong: Composer
Bobby Timmons: Composer
Norman Whitfield: Composer
Joe Zawinul: Composer
David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone)
Roy Ayers (vibraphone, background vocals)
Les McCann (piano, vocals)
Richard Tee (electric piano, organ)
Cornell Dupree (electric guitar)
Chuck Rainey (electric bass)
Buddy Williams (drums, percussion)
Notes
This is a decent set that could have been a great one. Flutist Herbie Mann had a reunion in 1992 with many of his former sidemen (tenorman David "Fathead" Newman, guitarist Cornell Dupree and keyboardist Richard Tee) along with his contemporary pianistvocalist Les McCann and they play a wide ranging program of music (highlighted by "Moanin'," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," "Sunny," "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "Amazing Grace"). But somehow once one gets beyond the nostalgia, the performances seem workmanlike and surprisingly uninspired, unlike Herbie Mann's live concerts with this group during the period. There are a few worthwhile moments but this set is recommended mostly for Mann's greatest fans; get his earlier Atlantics instead.

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