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

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 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

Herbie Mann "Brazil Once Again" (1978) -Latin Jazz-

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 One

01 - Pelé (Herbie Mann)

02 - Oh How I Want To Love You (Herbie Mann)

Two

01 - Dingue Li Bangue (J.D. San-McDony's)

02 - Lugar Comum (Common Place) (Joâo Donato & Gilberto Gil)

03 - O Meu Amor Chorou (Cry Of Love) (Luis Marcal Neto)

All Arrangements by Pat Rebillot

Herbie Mann : Flutes

Pat Rebillot : Keyboards

Tony Levin : Bass

Rick Marotta : Drums

Jeff Mironov : Guitar

Amaury Tristao : Acoustic Guitar & Percussion

Armen Halburian, Ralph MacDonald, Reggie Ferguson, Rubens Bassini, Dom Um Ramao : Percussion

Horn Section on "Dingue Li Bangue" : 

Lew Soloff & Alan Rubin : Trumpets

Dave Taylor & Barry Rogers : Trombones

Lew Delgatto : Baritone Sax

Recorded & Mixed at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York

Recording & Mixing Engineers : Jimmy Douglass & Lew Hahn

Produced by Herbie Mann

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

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 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.

Herbie Mann "Turtle Bay" (1973) -Soul Jazz-

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 Side 1

01 - Family Affair (Sylvester Stewart)

02 - Never Ending Song Of Love (Delaney Bramlett)

03 - Rainy Night In Georgia (Tony Joe White)

04 - (Just An Old) Balalaika Love Song (Herbie Mann)

05 - Reverend Lee (Eugene McDaniels)

Side 2

01 - Turtle Bay (Herbie Mann)

02 - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Dicky Betts)

03 - A Theme From 'Cries And Whispers' (Traditional)

04 - Do It Again (Walter Becker & Donald Fagen)

05 - Now I've Found A Lady (Soul Rachanga) (Herbie Mann)

06 - Happier Than The Morning Sun (Stevie Wonder)

Flutes : Herbie Mann

Guitar : Jerry Friedman

Piano, Electric Piano & Organ : Pat Rebillot

Fender Bass : Willie Weeks

Drums on "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" & "Do It Again" : Reggie Ferguson

Drums on All Other Songs : Charles Collins

Percussion : Ralph MacDonald

Conga Drums on "Turtle Bay" & "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" : Tessie Coen

Harp on "A Theme From 'Cries And Whispers'" : Corky Hale

String Quartet accompaniment on "A Theme From 'Cries And Whispers'", "Happier Than The Morning Sun" & "Now I've Found A Lady (Soul Rachanga)"

Violins : Gene Orloff & Gerald Tarack

Viola : Selwart Clarke

Cello : Kermit Moore

Violin Solo on "Happier Than The Morning Sun" : Gene Orloff

Background on "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" Arranged by William Eaton & Produced by Joel Dorn

Arrangement on "Now I've Found A Lady (Soul Rachanga)" by Herbie Mann

All Other Arrangements : Pat Rebillot

Recorded & Re-mixed at Regent Sound Studios, New York, N.Y.

Recording & Re-mix Engineer : Bob Liftin

Produced by Herbie Mann