''Great Ideas of Western Mann'' (also released as ''Herbie Mann Quintet featuring Jack Sheldon'') is an album by American jazz flautist/clarinetist
Herbie Mann's Californians featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the
Riverside
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Riverside Records discography
accessed August 31, 2012
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars stating "it was probably the first album of jazz in which the leader recorded entirely on bass clarinet... Mann phrases on the bass clarinet pretty much the way he does on flute, with a definite personality, plenty of swing, and a airy outlook that makes the instrument sound less sinister. Stylistically, this is strictly a mainstream West Coast bop blowing session".[Ginell, R. S]
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Track listing
# "The Theme" (Miles Davis
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# " Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron
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# "Get Out of Town
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*Ginny Simms - recorded December 7, 1938 for Vocalion Records (catalog No. 4549).
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" (Cole Porter
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# "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" ( Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, Gerald Marks) - 5:33
# "A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence may refer to:
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, Ted Shapiro) - 7:32
# "A Stella Performance" (Herbie Mann) - 8:46
Personnel
* Herbie Mann - bass clarinet
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* Jack Sheldon - trumpet
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* Jimmy Rowles - piano
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*Buddy Clark - bass
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* Mel Lewis - drums
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References
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1957 albums
Herbie Mann albums
Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
Riverside Records albums