Herbie Mann at the Village Gate

Herbie Mann at the Village Gateis a 1961 live album by jazz flutistHerbie Mannwhich was his third album forAtlantic Records,the main label for much of his career. The album was recorded at legendary clubThe Village Gate.[1]

Herbie Mann at the Village Gate
Live albumby
Released1961
RecordedNovember 17, 1961
VenueThe Village Gate,New York City
GenreJazz
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Herbie Mannchronology
The Family of Mann
(1961)
Herbie Mann at the Village Gate
(1961)
Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Reception

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AllMusicawarded the album 4½ stars with its review stating "At the Village Gateis the album that first brought Herbie Mann to widespread popular attention, thanks to the inclusion of "Comin' Home Baby," which soon became one of the flautist's signature songs. By the time of the record's release in 1962, however, Mann had already been a bandleader for years, honing his pioneering blend of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music with hard bop's funky structures just under the public radar. As a result,At the Village Gatesounds more like a summation than a beginning ".[4]

Track listing

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Side One

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  1. "Comin' Home, Baby"(Ben Tucker) (8:37)
  2. "Summertime"(DuBose Heyward,Ira Gershwin,andGeorge Gershwin) (10:18)

Side Two

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  1. "It Ain't Necessarily So"(GeorgeandIra Gershwin) (19:55)

Personnel

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Charting

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The album peaked at 30 on The Billboard 200.

References

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  1. ^Liner notes to Atlantic Records 1380
  2. ^Down Beat:July 5, 1962, Vol. 29, No.14
  3. ^Swenson, J., ed. (1985).The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide.U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.130.ISBN0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^abStaff, Rovi.At the Village Gate– ReviewatAllMusic.Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  5. ^Cook, Richard;Morton, Brian(2008).The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(9th ed.).Penguin.p. 933.ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.