''The Beat Goes On'' is an album by American jazz flautist
Herbie Mann released on the
Atlantic label in 1967.
Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series
accessed August 26, 2015 The album features tracks from seven separate sessions recorded in 1964, 1966 and 1967.
Reception
Allmusic noted "''The Beat Goes On'' is a generally funky, groove-oriented soul-jazz effort with strong Latin leanings. ...Jazz purists hated this release, but let them say what they will – this LP is full of highly infectious grooves and makes a great party album".
Track listing
# " No Matter What Shape" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) – 3:25
# "More Rice Than Peas, Please" (Herbie Mann) – 3:30
# "Hey Ho" (Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...
) – 2:45
# " The Honeydripper" (Joe Liggins
Joseph Christopher Liggins, Jr. (born Theodro Elliott; July 9, 1916 – July 26, 1987) was an American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist who led Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers in the 1940s and 1950s. His band appeared often on the ''B ...
) – 2:45
# "The Beat Goes On The Beat Goes On, or variants, may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''The Beat Goes On'' (Herbie Mann album), 1967
* ''The Beat Goes On!'' (Sonny Criss album), 1968
* ''The Beat Goes On'' (Vanilla Fudge album), 1968
* '' The Beat Goes On: The Best of ...
" ( Sonny Bono) – 2:50
# "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) – 3:05
# "West African High Life" (Mann) – 2:40
# "Dream Garden" ( Dave Pike) – 4:37
# "Soul Montuno" (René Hernández) – 2:58
# "Is Paris Burning?" ( Maurice Jarre) – 2:37
*Recorded in New York City on April 6, 1964 (track 8), May 6, 1964 (track 9), May 8, 1964 (track 7), September 29, 1966 (tracks 6 & 10), December 15, 1966 (track 4), December 16, 1966 (tracks 1–3) and March 16, 1967 (track 5)
Personnel
*Herbie Mann – flute. alto flute on "Dream Garden" – with various ensembles including:
*Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
– trumpet
* King Curtis – tenor saxophone
* Roy Ayers, Dave Pike – vibraphone
*Don Friedman
Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians.
Early life
Fr ...
, Jimmy Wisner, Joe Zawinul
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– piano
* Attila Zoller – guitar
*Jack Six, Reggie Workman – bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
* Bruno Carr, Bobby Thomas – drums
* Willie Bobo – timbales
* Carlos "Patato" Valdes – congas
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, percussion
* Tamiko Jones – vocals
* Gene Orloff, Jimmy Wisner – arranger, conductor
;Technical
*Adrian Barber, Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd – recording engineer
*Dick Luppi – cover illustration
References
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1967 albums
Herbie Mann albums
Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
Albums produced by Arif Mardin
Atlantic Records albums