Herbie Mann at the Village Gate

1961 live album by Herbie Mann

Herbie Mann at the Village Gate

Live album by

Herbie Mann

Released| 1961
Recorded| November 17, 1961
Venue| The Village Gate, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Atlantic
Producer| Nesuhi Ertegun
Herbie Mann chronology
| The Family of Mann
(1961)  | Herbie Mann at the Village Gate
(1961)  | Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate
(1961)

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Herbie Mann at the Village Gate is a 1961 live album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann which was his third album for Atlantic Records, the main label for much of his career. The album was recorded at legendary club The Village Gate.[1]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Down Beat| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
AllMusic| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [5]

## Reception

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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review stating "At the Village Gate is 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 Gate sounds 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, and George Gershwin) (10:18)

### Side Two

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1. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George and Ira Gershwin) (19:55)

## Personnel

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* Herbie Mann - flute
* Hagood Hardy \- vibraharp
* Ahmed Abdul-Malik \- bass
* Rudy Collins \- drums
* Ray Mantilla \- conga and percussion
* Chief Bey \- African drum and percussion
* Ben Tucker \- additional bass (and solo) on "Comin' Home, Baby"
* Willis Conover \- liner notes

## 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. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ a b Staff, Rovi. At the Village Gate – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 933\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Atlantic
albums|

* Herbie Mann at the Village Gate (1961)
* Nirvana (1964)
* Today! (1966)
* New Mann at Newport (1967)
* Memphis Underground (1969)
* Mississippi Gambler (1972)
* Surprises, Featuring Cissy Houston (1976)

A&M albums|

* Glory of Love (1968)

Embryo
albums|

* Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1970)
* Memphis Two-Step (1971)
* Push Push (1971)

Prestige
albums|

* Flute Flight (1957)
* Flute Soufflé (1957)
* Just Wailin' (1958)

Riverside
albums|

* Sultry Serenade (1957)
* Great Ideas of Western Mann (1957)

Other
labels|

* Jasil Brazz (1987)

Other
articles|

* Discography
* "Hi-jack" (1975)
* Kokopelli Records
* Afterlife (soundtrack) (1978)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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