Waterbed - Herbie Mann

 

Deus Xango

Waterbed 

Herbie Mann

Arrangements by Pat Rebillot

Produced by Herbie Mann for Five Faces Music Productions, Inc.

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios and Media Sound Studio, New York, New York

Recording and Re-Mix Engineer: Jimmy Douglass

Art Direction: Bob Defrin/Paula Scher

Front and Back Photographs: Arnold Rosenberg

Atlantic SD 1676

A Warner Communications Company

1975

From Billboard - September 13, 1975: Mann seems remarkably able to adapt to whatever musical trends seem to be occurring at the precise moment without seeming trendy, and this is yet another example of the talent as he fuses a strong disco feel with a powerful latin feel. Mann's flute is present though not domineering, and he pulls in a number of top pop and latin musicians such as Ray Berretto, Hugh McCracken, keyboardist Pat Bebillot and Ray Mantilla to lend a helping hand here. Strings present but they do not interfere with the basic jazz/pop/soul/latin feel. Female vocalists include Cissy Houston. A few primarily jazzy cuts here, but the emphasis is on the latin/disco base. LP will probably break jazz but artist has been doing increasingly well pop.

Personnel on Waterbed, Deus Xango, Violet Don't Be Blue & I Got A Woman 

Herbie Mann - Flutes

Pat Rebillot - Keyboards

Jerry Friedman, Jeff Mironov - Guitars

Will Lee - Bass

Steve Gadd  - Drums (except for Deus Xango on which he is replaced by Allen Schwartzberg& Darryl Washington

Ralph MacDonald, Ray Barretto, Armen Halburian - Percussion

David Newman added on Tenor Sax on Waterbed & I Got A Woman

Personnel on Comin' Home Baby, Paradise Music, Bang! Bang! & Body Oil

Herbie Mann - Flutes

Pat Rebillot - Keyboards

Hugh McCracken, Bob Mann, Jerry Friedman - Guitars

Tony Levin - Bass

Steve Gadd - Drums

Ralph MacDonald, Ray Barretto, Armen Halburian - Percussion

The String Quartet on Paradise Music, Deus Xango, Violet Don't Be Blue & Body Oil 

The Composers String Quartet

Matthew Raimondi, Anahid Ajemian - Violins

Jean Dane - Viola

Michael Rudiakov - Cello

All background vocals are by "The Hijackers" - Cissy Houston, Sylvia Schemwell, Eunice Peterson

Waterbed - Walter Chiles & Melvin Barton

Comin' Home Baby - Benjamin Tucker & Bob Dorough

Paradise Music - Herbie Mann

Bang! Bang! - Jimmy Sabater & Joe Cuba

Deus Xango - Astor Piazzolla

Violet Don't Be Blue - Pat Rebillot & Pat Kirby

I Got A Woman - Ray Charles

Body Oil - Herbie Mann