HERBIE MANN, Memphis Unserground, Hijack, Waterbed
RIP: HERBIE MANN, (flute) b. 1930-0416, BROOKLYN, NY
I saw him live several times…
1. I saw him as a part of the Pittsburgh FUNK festival in 1974 (w/Funkadelic, Natalie Cole, Ohio Players, Weather Report and George Benson) at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena along with 15,000 of my closest friends 🙂
Herbie ROCKED THE HOUSE that night finishing off his set with his then current hit song "HIJACK".
2. I saw him again in 1982 in Houston Texas at a small club called Fitzgeralds, located in the Heights.
Nice set.
Herbie kept disappearing behind the stage for about a minute in between each song.
(Thus causing us all to speculate…….lol)
I have also seen him a few more times at various outdoor music festivals in NYC when I was in HS.
(However I don’t remember much about those…..lol)
Anyone else here like Herbie?
–Bob Davis
Oh yes, I like him a lot…
Matter of fact his record "Memphis Underground" was one of the first records I ever called my own because my father gave it to me, after he returned from a trip to the US in the early 80s. I was twelve years old and sort of liked this strange record with this man-playing flute. And today, twenty years later, it’s still one of my all-time favourite records.
Especially because the combination of musicians he used is so odd.
There is the Memphis Rhythm Section, then there is Herbie Mann, then there is Larry Corryell on guitar and Roy Ayers at the vibes and last but not least the crazy Sonny Sharrock playing the second guitar. Especially "Hold On I’m Coming" is really amazing: You have all the musicians playing their solos and then Sonny Sharrock starts playing his out-of-control noise guitar and the rhythm section keeps on swinging as if nothing happens. Fantastic record. The only record I bought a second time after moving to New York because I thought I needed it.But he did other great records as well (and a lot of really bad ones too): But "Live At The Village Gate" is also a great record, with two bass-players.
I guess what I really like about Herbie Mann is not so much his playing of the flute (which is fine nevertheless) but his open mindedness. He seems to be a musician who is always looking to do something new, explore new territory, find something out he didn’t know before. I don’t know what he’s doing now. The only time I saw him play was in the late 80s. Which was nice but not overwhelming.
–Tobias
HERBIE MANN:
BEST OF THE ATLANTIC YEARS (DELUXE 13 CD BOX SET)
Track Listings
DISC: 1
1. Waterbed
2. Comin’ Home Baby
3. Paradise Music
4. Bang! Bang!
5. Deus Xango
6. Violet Don’t Be Blue
7. I Got a Woman
8. Body Oil
DISC: 2
1. Draw Your Breaks
2. Cajun Moon
3. Creepin’
4. Easter Rising
5. Asa Branea
6. Sound of Windwood
7. Cricket Dance
8. Butterfly in a Stone Garden
9. Anata (I Wish You Were Here With Me)
DISC: 3
1. No Matter What Shape
2. More Rice Than Peas, Please
3. Hey Ho
4. Honeydripper
5. Beat Goes On
6. Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
7. West African High Life
8. Dream Garden
9. Soul Montuno
10. Is Paris Burning?
11. To Sir, With Love
12. Hold Back (Just a Little)
13. Sports Car
14. I Get Along Without You Very Well
15. There Is a Mountain
16. Flight of the Bluebird
17. Yesterday’s Kisses
18. Please Send Me Someone to Love
19. It Was a Very Good Year
20. Gloomy Sunday
DISC: 4
1. Bird in a Silver Cage
2. Aria
3. Fly, Robin, Fly
4. Birdwalk
5. Years of Love
6. Piper
7. Rhythmatism
8. Once I Had a Love
9. Summer Strut
10. Welcome Sunrise
11. In the Summertime
12. You Are the Song
13. Flute Love
DISC: 5
1. Ooh Baby
2. Philly Dog
3. Swing Low Sweet Chariot [Live]
4. Mississippi Gambler [Live]
5. Dippermouth [Live]
6. Respect Yourself [Live]
7. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long [Live]
8. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Live]
DISC: 6
1. Right Now
2. Desafinado
3. Challil
4. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
5. Borquinho
6. Cool Heat
7. Carnival
8. Meditation
9. Free for All
10. Harlem Nocturne
11. Fever
12. Not Now-Later On
13. Golden Striker
14. Insensatez
15. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
16. Batida Differente
17. Nana
18. Groovy Samba
19. Influenza de Jazz
DISC: 7
1. Man and a Woman
2. Day Tripper
3. Come Back to Me
4. Little Boat
5. It’s Time That You Settled Down
6. Good Thing (Is Hard to Come By)
7. 1-2-3
8. Only Yesterday
9. Sunny
10. How Insensitive
11. Sidewinder
12. Amor Em Paz
13. Desafinado –
14. Bolinda de Papel –
15. Insensatez
16. Maria Ninguem –
17. O Barquinho –
18. Samba da Minha Terra –
19. Rosa Morena
20. Consolacao
21. One Note Samba
22. Bim Bom
23. Deve Ser Amor
DISC: 8
1. Scratch
2. Philly Dog
3. Happy Brass
4. Good Lovin’
5. (Theme From) This Is My Beloved
6. Free Jacques
7. Our Man Flint
8. Fiddler on the Roof
9. (Theme From) Malamondo
10. Down by the Riverside
11. Monday, Monday
12. Skip to My Lou
13. Turkish Coffee
14. Incense
15. Odalisque
16. Do Wah Diddy Diddy
17. Uskudar
18. Oud and the Pussycat
19. Yavuz
20. Dance of the Semites
21. Eli Eli
DISC: 9
1. Superman
2. Etagui
3. Jisco Dazz
4. Rock Freak
5. Stomp Your Feet
6. Body Oil
7. Django
DISC: 10
1. Yellow Fever
2. Comin’ Home Baby
3. Hey Pocky A-Way
4. City of Dreams
5. Kidnappin’ Lover
6. Walk on the Wild Side
DISC: 11
1. Turtle Bay
2. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
3. (A Theme From ) Cries and Whispers
4. Do It Again
5. Now I’ve Found a Lady
6. Happier Then the Morning Sun
7. Family Affair
8. Never Ending Song of Love
9. Rainy Night in Georgia
10. (Just an Old) Balalaika Love Song
11. Reverend Lee
DISC: 12
1. Hi-Jack
2. Pick Up the Pieces
3. Lady Marmalade
4. Mediterrean
5. I Can’t Turn You Loose
6. I Won’t Last a Day Without You
7. High Above the Andes
8. Bird of Beauty
9. Guava Jelly
DISC: 13
1. Bend Down Low
2. Sir Charles Duke
3. Cecelia
4. Cinnamon Flower
5. Memphis Underground
6. Another Star
DISC: 14
1. (Gimme Some of That Good Old) Soul Beat Momma [Live]
2. Never Can Say Goodbye [Live]
3. Respect Yourself [Live]
4. Memphis Underground [Live]
5. Hold On! I’m Comin’ [Live]
