The Wailing Dervishes - Herbie Mann

 

Norwegian Wood

The Wailing Dervishes
Herbie Mann

Guest Artist: Rufus Harley

Recorded Live At The Village Theater

Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun

Recording Engineers: Phil Iehle and Bruce Tergesen

Album Design: Marvin Israel

Atlantic STEREO SD 1497

1968

On The Wailing Dervishes & The Medina, the personnel is:

Herbie Mann - Flute

Roy Ayers - Vibraharp

Chick Ganimian - Oud

Reggie Workman - Bass

Bruno Carr - Drums

Moulay "Ali" Hafid - Dumbek

On Norwegian Wood, the above are joined by:

Hachig T. Kazarlan - Clarinet

Steve Knight - Fender Bass

Esber Koprucu - Zither

On Flute Bag the personnel is:

Herbie Mann - Flute

Roy Ayers - Vibraharp

Rufus Harley - Bagpipes

Oliver Collins - Piano

James Glenn - Bass

Billy bAner - Drums

On Armenian Lullaby, the personnel is"

Herbie Mann - Flute

Chick Ganimian - Oud

Moulay "Ali" Hafid - Dumbek

Hachig T. Kazarian - Clarinet

Steve Knight - Fender Bass

Esber Koprucu - Zither

From Billboard - April 6, 1968: Herbie Mann doesn't let up. His jazz work is a growing thing and each new album presents exciting musical surprises. Among the surprises in this LP, recorded live at the Village Theater, are a 10-minute-plus treatment of Lennon and McCartney's "Norwegian Wood" and Rufus Hartley's "Flute Bag" featuring the composer on bagpipes.

The Wailing Dervishes 

Norwegian Wood

Flute Bag

In The Medina

Armenian Lullaby

The Soul Of Mexico - Orizaba & Orchestra

 

El Rancho Grande

The Soul Of Mexico

Orizaba & Orchestra

Arranged and Conducted by Orizaba

Artist & Repertoire: Bob Shad

Original Recording Engineer: Bill Porter

Mastering: Hal Diepold

Liner Notes: Peter Spargo

Production Coordinator: Elena Festa

Typography: The Composing Room, Inc.

Album Design: Moscow-Morrison, Inc.

Printing and Fabrication: Globe Albums, Inc.

Time Records Series 2000 S/2134

1964

Mexico

Bonita

Caribbean

La Paloma

La Raspa

Sabras Que Te Quiero

El Rancho Grande

Vaya Con Dios

Mexican Eyes

La Golondrina

Tequila

Java

Love Him - Doris Day

 

Since I Fell For You

Love Him 

Doris Day

Arranged and Conducted by Tommy Olver

Produced by Terry Melcher

Cover Photo: Leo Fuchs - Vista

Columbia CS 8931

1964

From Billboard - February 1, 1964: Doris is back with a mighty strong entry of recently popular songs and a few seldom recorded tunes. Strong choral backing does much to maintain the romantic mood. A few songs are: "More" "Lollipops And Roses," "Can't Help Falling In Love," "As Long As She Needs Me" and "Love Hime," Tommy Oliver's arrangements top drawer.

More (Theme from the film "Mondo Cane")

Can't Help Falling In Love

Since I Fell For You

Losing You 

(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I

As Long AS He Needs Me (From the Broadway Musical Production "Oliver!")

Night Life

Funny

Softly, As I Leave You

Lollipops And Roses

Love Him

Golden Hits Of Hawaii - The Outriggers

 

My Isle Of Golden Dreams

Golden Hits Of Hawaii

The Outriggers

Cover Photo: Floyd Flugelmann

Warner Bros. WS 1549

1964

My Isle Of Golden Dreams

Song Of The Islands

Blue Hawaii

Drifting And Dreaming

Kalua Lullaby

Now Is The Hour

Hawaiian Wedding Song

The Moon Of Manakoora

Hawaiian Paradise

My Take

Trade Winds

Aloha Oe

Roaring 20's Cha Cha Cha

 

Charleston

Roaring 20's Cha Cha Cha

Designed by McBain Associates

United Artist Records MONAURAL UAL 3138

1961

Sugar Blues

The Sheik Of Araby

Charleston

Am I Blue

Sweet Georgia Brown

Sweet Sue – Just You

La Cumprasita 

I Wanna Be Loved By You

Down Among The Sheltering Palms

Runnin' Wild

I'm Through With Love

Park Avenue Fantasy

Back Again - The Bachelors

Pagan Love Song

The Bachelors

Back Again

Executive Producer: Dick Rowe

London MONO LL 3393

1964

From the back cover: Early in the summer of 1962 a young lady called me from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saying that she has a mouth-organ act called The Harmonichords appearing for the summer at Arborath, a small seaside town in Scotland. She asked me to meet her there during the season to see the boys, who sang in addition to playing.

I had been on many goosechases through the years, so I figured one more couldn't hurt.

A few weeks later I was in Arbroath and met the lady agent (Dorothy Solomon), and the three boys whose names where John Stokes, Dec and Con Clusky. The boy's act consisting of nearly sixteen minutes of mouth-organs didn't leave too much of an impression. However, they did sing a couple of Irish folk songs. It is difficult to think back two years with great accuracy, but I do recall quite clearly that I like their singing very much. I wondered if they could handle songs with rather more general appeal, and which song I should suggest for them to learn for a recording test. Just about the most important Decca record of all time is Mantovani's 'Charmaine", so I thought 'why not a vocal version.' I left Arbroath the next day having promised my four new friends that when summer was over we would make a test recording tape with the boys singing 'Charmaine' at our studios in London. During the next eight or nine weeks that followed the boys spent every spare moment of every day working out and perfecting their interpretation of the song, so that when they eventually recorded 'Charmaine' as a test it turned out so well when the record that they found themselves with a recording contract.

When the record was released on December 13 of that year you met the Bachelors for the first time, and it seemed that Dorothy's faith and belief  in them had been so right. Fame and fortune that has come their way since then.

For those of us who would like to refresh recent memories, and for new friends, this LP contains great songs that you may not have heard them sing before.

If by chance not all of your favorite songs are included drop Dorothy a line care of London. I'm sure she'll ask the boys to learn them so that they may offer them to you on their next album. – Dick Rowe

Moonlight And Roses

Ramona

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time

I Wouldn't Trade You For The World

Melody Of Love

The Little White Cloud That Cried

With These Hands

Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey

Maybe

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Pagan Love Song

Ten Pretty Girls

Symphonic Soul - Henry Mancini

 

Peter Gunn

Symphonic Soul

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

Produced by Joe Reisman

All Music Arranged by Henry Mancini

Cover Photo by Henry Mancini

Linder Photos by Morgan Renard

Art Direction by Any Lehman

Design & Graphics by Gribbitt Ltd.

Recording Engineer: Mickey Crofford

Assistant Engineer: Artie Torgesen

A&R Coordination: Lynne Morse

Recorded in RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California

RCA Quadra Disc APD1-1025

1975

Rhythm Section: 

Keyboards: Joe Sample (appears through the courtesy of Blue Thumb Records)

Bass: Abraham Laboriel

Drums: Harvey Mason (appears through the courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

Guitars: Dennis Budimir, Lee Ritenour and David T. Walker (appears through the courtesy of Ode Records)

Latin Percussion: Mayuto

Percussionists: Dale Anderson, Harvey Mason and Emil Richards

Concert Master: Erno Neufeld

Principal French Horn: Vincent DeRosa

Principal Trombone: Dick Nash

Orchestra Manager: Marion Klein

From Billboard - November 15, 1975: Hank Mancini is one of the best composers on the scene today, and he's definitely not scared to enter any musical areas, as is exhibited on this record. It features his great arrangements and a super rhythm section that includes Joe Sample, Harvey Mason, Abe Laboriel and David T. Walker. The Mancini magic is never more evident that when he offers his treatment of several soul standards in addition to his originals. His remake of "Peter Gunn" theme sounds better than ever.

Symphonic Soul - Piccolo Trumpet Soloist: Bud Brisbois

Butterfly - Electric Bass Soloist: Abraham Laboriel & Electric Piano Soloist: Joe Sample

Satin Soul - Organ Soloist: Joe Sample

Peter Gunn (New Version) - Electric Bass Soloist: Abraham Laboriel, Organ Soloist: Joe Sample & Piccolo Trumpet Soloist: Bud Brisbois

Slow Hot Wind - Flut Soloist: Louise Di Tullio

Pick Up The Pieces - Organ Soloist: Joe Sample

Sun Goddess - Organ Soloist: Joe Sample

Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier) - Harmonica Soloist: Tommy Morgan

African Symphony - African Finger Piano Soloist: Mayuto

Crazy! Baby - Jimmy Smith

 

A Night In Tunisia

Crazy! Baby

The Incredible Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith - Organ

Quentin Warren - Guitar

Donald Bailey - Drums

Cover Photo: Bob Ganley

Cover Design: Reid Miles

Model: Marion Barker - Car by Jaguar

Recording: Rudy Van Gelder

Blue Note ST-84030

1960

From the back cover: It is one of the anomalies of the American artistic scene that the term "popular music" (more often abbreviated as "pop music") is generally employed in opposition to the word "jazz." The obvious implication is that the music we call jazz is not basically popular, and that popular music inherently cannot be jazz.

Jimmy Smith is a swingly assertive voice of dissent in this absurd argument. As much as any artist who has entered the jazz world in the past few years he has shown that popularity on a significant scale can be achieved without any conscious or unconscious  concession to the alleged demands of the pop market. His performances today have the same rhythmically intense and melodically inventive qualities that earned him widespread interest when his original LP, New Sounds On The Organ, was issued on BLP 1512 only four years ago. In other words, Jimmy's work is and always will be as indisputably jazz as it has become unmistakably popular.

This new collection marking his first LP release in several months, summarizes in its table of contents when Jimmy has done to weld the so-called popular and jazz fields, since the material he chose maintains an ideal balance. Of the seven tracks on these two sides, three (including Jimmy's original) are essentially jazz in character and origin; one (What's New) is a ballad that began in a jazz band; two are old pop songs and one is visually a folk melody.

It is to this final item, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, that we'll turn our attention first. Here is a theme which, for all its antiquity and frequent use in what might be considered corny contexts, nevertheless has a harmonic basis well suited to jazz improvisation. The performance seems to begin right outside the induction center – "Marching in the street," says Jimmy, "using an Oriental sound to blend with the rebel sound." Next comes what Jimmy refers to as an "Irish vamp," though to these ears the C and G pedal point seemed to suggest rather than advance of a Scots regiment. Then the trio settles into a regular tempo treatment in C Minor. The beat moves a little too fast for marching, but never too fast for swinging.

Johnny, incidentally, was issued as a 45 rpm single before the release of the present album and has established itself quite firmly as a hit.

From Billboard - August 22, 1960: Jimmy Smith again comes thru with some fine, mellow organ work on this new waxing for the table. He is heard here performing a group of pop items, folk tunes and jazz classics, with taste and musicianship. Selections include "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "Mack The Knife," "A Night In Tunisia"  and "Makin' Whoopee,"

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Makin' Whoopee

A Night In Tunisia

Sonnymoon For Two

Mack The Knife

What's New

Alfredo