Reggae (album)

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Reggae
Studio album by
Released1973
Recorded1973
StudioAdvision, London
GenreJazz
Length38:44
LabelAtlantic
SD 1655
ProducerGeoffrey Haslam
Herbie Mann chronology
London Underground
(1973)
Reggae
(1973)
First Light
(1973)

Reggae is an album by flautist Herbie Mann with the Tommy McCook Band recorded in London in 1973 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating, inaccurately: "Despite its title, most of the music on this album is not actually reggae but a mixture of jazz, R&B and pop. Flutist Herbie Mann, guitarists Mick Taylor and Albert Lee and keyboardist Pat Rebillot combine with the eight-piece Tommy McCook band to create some spirited and danceable (if a bit dated) music... The results are fun if not all that substantial".[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:44
  2. "Rivers of Babylon" (Brenton Dowe, Trevor McNaughton) - 4:42
  3. "Swinging Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) - 8:19
  4. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 17:59

Personnel[edit]

Technical
  • Gary Martin - engineer
  • Ahmet Ertegun - executive producer
  • Don Brautigam - cover illustration

References[edit]

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed August 31, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Reggae – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.