Reggae (album)

Reggae
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	Advision, London
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:44
Label	Atlantic SD 1655
Producer	Geoffrey Haslam
Herbie Mann chronology
London Underground (1973) Reggae (1973) First Light (1973)

Reggae is an album by flautist Herbie Mann with the Tommy McCook Band recorded in London in 1973 and released on the Atlantic label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating, inaccurately: "Despite its title, most of the music on this album is not actually reggae but a mixture of jazz, R&B and pop. Flutist Herbie Mann, guitarists Mick Taylor and Albert Lee and keyboardist Pat Rebillot combine with the eight-piece Tommy McCook band to create some spirited and danceable (if a bit dated) music... The results are fun if not all that substantial". While one song "Swinging Shepherd Blues" feels out of place, the rest of the tracks all have an underlying reggae beat. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:44
2. "Rivers of Babylon" (Brenton Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) - 4:42
3. "Swinging Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) - 8:19
4. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 17:59

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Bobby Ellis - trumpet
• Tommy McCook - tenor saxophone
• Gladstone Anderson - piano
• Winston Wright - organ
• Pat Rebillot - piano, clavinet
• Hux Brown, Rod Bryan, Albert Lee, Mick Taylor - guitar
• Jackie Jackson - bass
• Michael Richard - drums

Technical

• Gary Martin - engineer
• Ahmet Ertegun - executive producer
• Don Brautigam - cover illustration

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed August 31, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Reggae – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2015.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.