11/11/2025

Herbie Mann & Fire Island "Herbie Mann & Fire Island" (1977) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Pop / Disco-



Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Rythmatism (Carmine L. Calabro Jr.)
02 - Once I Had A Love (Carmine L. Calabro Jr.)
03 - Summer Strut (Carmine L. Calabro Jr.)

Side Two

01 - Welcome Sunrise (Carmine L. Calabro Jr.)
02 - In The Summertime (Ray Dorset)
03 - You Are The Song (Carmine L. Calabro Jr.)
04 - Flute Love (Herbie Mann)


Fire Island is : Carmine Calabro Jr., Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller

Personnel on All Selections except "Flute Love" :
Herbie Mann : Flutes
Tom Coppola : Keyboards
Wilbur Bascomb : Bass
Jerry Friedman : Guitars
Kenny Mazur : Guitars
Alan Schwartzberg : Drums except "Summer Strut" & "You Are The Song"
Jimmy Young : Drums on "Summer Strut" & "You Are The Song"
Sammy Figueroa : Percussion
Armen Hajburian : Percussion
Carmine L. Calabro Jr. : Synthesizer, Clavinet on "Rythmatism" & Synthesizer on "Summer Strut" & "You Are The Song"
Horns on "Rythmatism", "Summer Strut" & "Once I Had A Love" :
Lew Soloff : Trumpets
Al Rubin : Trumpets
Sam Burtiss : Trombone
Jaroslav Jakabovic : Baritone Sax

Personnel on "Flute Love"
Herbie Mann : Flute
Sammy Figueroa : Conga

"Rythmatism" :
Vocal Arrangement & Arp String Ensemble : Carmine Calabro Jr.
"Once I Had A Love" :
Lead vocals : Arnold McCuller
Background vocals : Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller
Arp String Ensemble : Tom Coppola
"Summer Strut" :
Vocals & Vocal Arrangements : Googie Coppola
Arp String Ensemble : Carmine Calabro Jr.
"Welcome Sunrise"
Lead & Background vocals : Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller
Vocal Arrangements : Googie Coppola
"In The Summertime" :
Background vocals : Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller
Vocal Arrangement : Carmine Calabro Jr.
"You Are The Song" :
Lead vocals : Googie Coppola
Background vocals : Googie Coppola, Arnold McCuller
Vocal Arrangement : Carmine Calabro Jr.
Arp String Ensemble : Tom Coppola

Arranged & Conducted by Carmine L. Calabro Jr.

Recorded at :
CI Recording Studios, New York, New York
Engineered by Al Vanderbilt
Atlantic Studios, New York, New York
Engineered by Bobby Warner
Re-mixed at Atlantic Studios by Bobby Warner
Produced by Herbie Mann