Herbie Mann – Impressions Of The Middle East

Atlantic records 1966 – 1475

notes:
Impressions of the Middle East is an album by American jazz flautist
Herbie Mann recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1967

credits:

    Herbie Mann - flutes
    Jimmy Owens - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 4-9)
    Joseph Orange, Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 4 & 6)
    Hachig Thomas Kazarian - clarinet (tracks 4-8)
    Mohammed Elakkad - zither (tracks 4-8)
    Chick Ganimian - oud (tracks 1-8)
    Gloria Agostini - harp (track 9)
    Roy Ayers - vibraphone (tracks 1-3)
    Attila Zoller - guitar (tracks 4 & 6)
    Richard Davis (track 9), Reggie Workman (tracks 4-8) - bass
    Bruno Carr (tracks 1-8), Mel Lewis (track 9) - drums
    Moulay "Ali" Hafid (tracks 5, 7 & 8), Robert Marashlian (tracks 5, 7 & 8),
Carlos "Patato" Valdes (tracks 1-4, 6 & 9), Phil Kraus (track 9),
Hachig Thomas Kazarian (tracks 1-3), Geraldine Swee (tracks 1-3) - percussion
Aaron Rosand, Alan Shulman, Alfred Brown, Anahid Ajemian,
Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, Charles McCracken, David Mankowitz,
David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, George Ockner, George Ricci, Jack Zayde,
 Karen Tuttle, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Pollikoff,
Raoul Poliakin, Sylvan Shulman, Tosha Samaroff - strings (track 9)
 Arif Mardin, Torrie Zito - arranger, conductor

Recorded    March 7 & 22, April 5 and November 9, 1966
New York City
Engineer – Bruce Tergesen, Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd

tracklist:

A1 Turkish Coffee 5:00
Written-By – Herbie Mann
A2 Incense 7:18
Written-By – Herbie Mann
A3 Odalisque 7:40
Written-By – Arif Mardin
A4 Do Wah Diddy Diddy 2:36
Written-By – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry
B1 Uskudar 3:37
Written-By – Traditional
B2 The Oud And The Pussycat 5:03
Written-By – Herbie Mann
B3 Yavuz 4:36
Written-By – Traditional
B4 Dance Of The Semites 4:27
Written-By – Herbie Mann
B5 Eli Eli 3:56

 

 

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