Herbie Mann – Impressions Of The Middle East

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Tracklist

A1	Turkish Coffee Written-By – Herbie Mann	5:00
A2	Incense Alto Flute, Written-By – Herbie Mann	7:18
A3	Odalisque Written-By – Arif Mardin	7:40
A4	Do Wah Diddy Diddy Written-By – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry	2:36
B1	Uskudar Arranged By – Arif Mardin Written-By – Traditional	3:37
B2	The Oud And The Pussycat Written-By – Herbie Mann	5:03
B3	Yavuz Arranged By – Arif Mardin Written-By – Traditional	4:36
B4	Dance Of The Semites Written-By – Herbie Mann	4:27
B5	Eli Eli Arranged By – Torrie Zito Bass – Richard Davis (2) Harp – Gloria Agostini Strings – Aaron Rosand, Al Schulman, Al Brown, Anahid Ajemian, Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, Charles McCracken, Dave Mankowitz, David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, George Ockner, George Ricci, Jack Zayde, Karen Tuttle, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Pollikoff, Raoul Pollakin, Sylvan Schulman, Tosha Samaroff Written-By – Traditional Arranged By – Torrie Zito Bass – Richard Davis (2) Harp – Gloria Agostini Strings – Aaron Rosand, Al Schulman, Al Brown, Anahid Ajemian, Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove, Charles McCracken, Dave Mankowitz, David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, George Ockner, George Ricci, Jack Zayde, Karen Tuttle, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Pollikoff, Raoul Pollakin, Sylvan Schulman, Tosha Samaroff Written-By – Traditional	3:56

Bass – Reggie Workman (tracks: A1 to B4)
Clarinet – Hachig Thomas Kazarian* (tracks: A4 to B4)
Congas – Carlos "Potato" Valdes* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2)
Design – Marvin Israel
Drums – Bruno Carr (tracks: A1 to B4)
Engineer – Bruce Tergesen, Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens (tracks: B1, B3, B4)
Flute – Herbie Mann (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)
Liner Notes – Talat S. Halman*
Oud – Chick Ganimian* (tracks: A1 to B4)
Percussion – Geraldine Swee (tracks: A1 to A3), Hachig Thomas Kazarian* (tracks: A1 to A3), Moulay "Ali" Hafid (tracks: A4 to B4), Robert Marashlian (tracks: A4 to B4)
Supervised By – Arif Mardin, Nesuhi Ertegun
Trombone – Joe Orange* (tracks: A4, B2), Julian Priester (tracks: A4, B2)
Trumpet – Jimmy Owens (tracks: A4 to B4)
Vibraphone – Roy Ayers (tracks: A1 to A3)
Zither – Mohamed Elakkad* (tracks: A4 to B4)

Released in a laminated gatefold cover.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Impressions Of The Middle East (LP, Album, Stereo)	Atlantic	SD 1475	US	1967
New Submission	Impressions Of The Middle East (LP, Album, Mono, Promo)	Atlantic	1475	US	1967
Recently Edited	Impressions Of The Middle East (LP, Album, Stereo)	Atlantic	SD 1475	Germany	1967
Recently Edited	Impressions Of The Middle East (LP, Album, Stereo, MO - Monarch Pressing)	Atlantic	SD 1475	US	1967
New Submission	Impressions Of The Middle East (LP, Album, Stereo)	Atlantic	SD 1475	US	1967

Fermented_Head Jul 16, 2023
So I have here a mono copy with 1B/1B run-outs, CL on both sides. Label matches this listing. Anyone else have this or know anything about it?
SamSoulfood Sep 7, 2020
Guitar player is not credited in the musician list above.
Attila Zoller - guitar (tracks 4 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" & 6 "The Oud And The Pussycat")
True2 Aug 19, 2017
One of the few Mann's I had left to hear and one of his better ones for sure. A mix of middle east sounds which reads somewhat like a Joe Harriott lp. Nothing mindblowing but he has a strong crew of players; Workman, Owens, Ayers, Carr, etc. Solid player with a couple of junk tracks that were advised by Atlantic, I am sure.