03/07/2025

Herbie Mann "Waterbed" (1975) -Jazz Pop / Smooth Jazz-



Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation


États-Unis One

01 - Waterbed (Walter Chiles & Melvin Barton)
02 - Comin' Home Baby (Benjamin Tucker & Bob Dorough)
03 - Paradise Music (Herbie Mann)
04 - Bang! Bang! (Jimmy Sabater & Joe Cuba)

Two

01 - Deus Xango (Astor Piazzolla)
02 - Violet Don't Be Blue (Pat Rebillot & Pat Kirby)
03 - I Got A Woman (Ray Charles)
04 - Body Oil (Herbie Mann)


The personnel on "Waterbed", "Deus Xango", "Violet Don't Be Blue" & "I Got A Woman" is :
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 Allan Schwartzberg & Darryl Washington
Ralph MacDonald, Ray Barreto & Armen Halburian : Percussion
On "Waterbed" & "I Got A Woman", David Newman is added on Tenor Sax
The Vocal on "Violet Don't Be Blue" is by Cissy Houston

The personnel on "Comin' Home Baby", "Paradise Music", "Bang! Bang!" & "Body Oil" is :
Herbie Mann : Flutes
Pat Rebillot : Keyboards
Hugh McCracken, Bob Mann & Jerry Friedman : Guitars
Tony Levin : Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums
Ralph MacDonald, Ray Barreto, Armen Halburian & Ray Mantilla : Percussion

The String Quartet on "Paradise Music", "Deus Xango", "Violet Don't Be Blue" & "Body Oil" is :
The Composers String Quartet consisting of :
Matthew Raimondi & Anahid Ajemian : Violins
Jean Dane : Viola
Michael Rudiakov : Cello

All Background vocals are by 'The Hijacksers' consisting of Cissy Houston, Sylvia Schemwell & Eunice Peterson

All the arrangements are by Pat Rebillot

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios & Media Sound Studio, New York, New York
Recording & Re-Mix Engineer : Jimmy Douglass
Produced by Herbie Mann for Five Faces Music Productions, Inc.