| Embryo Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Atlantic Records |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Herbie Mann |
| Defunct | 1977 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Jazz, rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
Embryo Records was a jazz and rock record label founded by Herbie Mann as a division of Atlantic Records, itself distributed by the Atlantic subsidiary Cotillion Records. [1] The label released albums in the years 1969 through 1977.
| Catalog # | Album | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD520 | Stone Flute | Herbie Mann | 1970 |
| SD521 | Uptown Conversation | Ron Carter | 1970 |
| SD522 | Brute Force | Brute Force | 1970 |
| SD523 | Gypsy Cry | Attila Zoller | 1970 |
| SD524 | Infinite Search | Miroslav Vitous | 1969 |
| SD525 | Inside an Hour Glass | Arnie Lawrence and Children of All Ages | 1970 |
| SD526 | Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty | Herbie Mann | 1970 |
| SD527 | The Fifth Word | Jerry Novac A/K/A/ Novac Noury | 1970 |
| SD528 | Just Guitar | Sandy Nassan | 1970 |
| SD529 | Circles | William S. Fischer | 1971 |
| SD530 | Live at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival | Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine | 1971 |
| SD531 | Memphis Two-Step | Herbie Mann | 1971 |
| SD532 | Push Push | Herbie Mann | 1971 |
| SD533 | '71 (Unreleased) | Herbie Mann | 1971 |
| SD535 | First Serve | Danny Toan | 1977 |
| SD536 | Up | Morrissey–Mullen | 1977 |
| SD730 | The Floating Opera | The Floating Opera | 1971 |
| SD731 | Pepper's Pow Wow | Jim Pepper | 1971 |
| SD732 | Zero Time | Tonto's Expanding Head Band | 1971 |
| SD733 | Air | Air | 1971 |
| SD734 | Comin' Outta the Ghetto | Chris Hills & Everything Is Everything | 1971 |
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Push Push is a 1971 instrumental album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann, on his Embryo Records label with Atlantic, which features rock guitarist Duane Allman. The record explored a range of popular genres, such as R&B, rock and funk music to create what AllMusic calls a "generally appealing, melodic and danceable" album with an "impressive crew of musicians".
"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an instrumental by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann. Lyrics were added by Bob Dorough, and the vocal version became a US Top 40 hit for American jazz singer Mel Tormé in 1962. The song has since been covered numerous times.
Air was an American jazz rock band mainly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Nirvana is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann with Bill Evans's Trio featuring Chuck Israels and Paul Motian, released in 1964 on the Atlantic label and featuring performances recorded in 1961 and 1962.
This is a Herbie Mann discography. Mann spent his early years recording for a number of jazz oriented record labels, and signed with Atlantic Records in 1961. He recorded with them through the 1960s and 1970s, including their subsidiary Cotillion Records, where he ran his own imprint, Embryo Records, in the 1970s, for his records as well as other musicians. Mann also ran two independent record labels, Herbie Mann Music in the 1980s, and during the 1990s, Kokopelli Records. Minor reissues are not noted.
Kokopelli Records was a record label established by jazz flautist Herbie Mann and Jim Geisler in 1994. Other than Mann's recordings, Kokopelli releases included David "Fathead" Newman, Jimmy Rowles, and April Barrows. Mann had previously established Embryo Records while working for Atlantic Records.
Memphis Two-Step is a 1971 album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann. It was released on Mann's Embryo Records label, and distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of Atlantic Records.
Surprises is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring singer Cissy Houston which was released on the Atlantic label in 1976.
Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty is a 1970 album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann. It was released on Mann's Embryo Records label, and distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of Atlantic Records.
Tamiko Jones is an American singer. Her most successful record was "Touch Me Baby " in 1975.
Stone Flute is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1969 and becoming the first release on Mann's Embryo label.
Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.
Brazil: Once Again is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Atlantic label. The album marks Mann's return to the Brazilian influences that first emerged on his early 1960s albums like Right Now, Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues, Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann and Herbie Mann Live at Newport.
Pepper's Pow Wow is the debut album led by Native American saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper recorded in 1971 and first released on Herbie Mann's Embryo label.
Edward "Bruno" Carr was an American jazz drummer. Carr was a frequent collaborator with Ray Charles, and he recorded with Aretha Franklin. He was Herbie Mann's drummer from 1965 through 1969.
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