''Surprises'' is an album by jazz flautist

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (inclu ...

featuring singer Cissy Houston which was released on the

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label in 1976.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series
accessed September 1, 2015

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing
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Track listing

''All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated'' #"Draw Your Breaks" (

Derrick Harriott Derrick Clifton Harriott OD (born 10 February 1942) is a Jamaican singer and record producer. He was a member of the Jiving Juniors with Herman Sang before embarking on a solo career. He has produced recordings by Big Youth, Chariot Riders, ...

, David Scott) - 4:50 #"Cajun Moon" (

JJ Cale John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and sound engineer. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knop ...

) - 6:17 #"Creepin" ( Stevie Wonder) - 5:00 #"Easter Rising" (

Pat Rebillot Patrick Earl "Pat" Rebillot (born April 21, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life and education Born in Louisville, Ohio, Rebilliot studied music at Mt. Union College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Jeno Tak ...

, Pat Kirby) - 4:40 #"

Asa Branca "Asa Branca" is a song written by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira in 1947. The ''asa-branca'' ("white wing") of the title is the picazuro pigeon. With its departure the desolation of the parched ''sertão'' (the arid backcountry) is complete, ...

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Luiz Gonzaga Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento (standard orthography 'Luís'; ; Exu, December 13, 1912 – Recife, August 2, 1989) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twen ...

, Humberto Teixeira, Divina Eulália Oliveira) - 3:55 #"The Sound of Windwood" - 2:34 #"Cricket Dance" - 4:17 #"The Butterfly in a Stone Garden" - 5:19 #"Anata (I Wish You Were Here with Me)" (Akiko Kosaka) - 3:07

Personnel

*Herbie Mann - flute * Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi (track 6) *Yosei Sato - shō (tracks 6 & 8) *

David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s an ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

(tracks 1-3) *

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

* Gladstone Anderson -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

(track 1) *Winston Wright - Hammond organ, organ (track 1) *Hux Brown (track 1), Sam Brown (guitarist), Sam Brown (track 6), Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan (track 1), Jerry Friedman (tracks 2-4, 7 & 9), Bob Mann (guitarist), Bob Mann (track 3-5, 7 & 8), Hugh McCracken (track 2), Jeff Mironov (track 5) - guitar *Eriko Kuramoto, Harumi Nakamaru, Kazuko Tsubamoto - Koto (instrument), koto (tracks 6 & 8) *Somei Sasaki - shamisen (tracks 6 & 8) *Bob Babbitt (track 4), Jackie Jackson (track 1) Tony Levin (tracks 2, 3 & 5-9) - bass guitar, bass *Steve Gadd (tracks 2, 3 & 6-9), Rick Marotta (tracks 4 & 5), Michael Richards (track 1) - drum kit, drums *Raphael Cruz (track 5), Sammy Figueroa (track 5), Armen Halburian (tracks 2-9), Ralph MacDonald (tracks 2 & 3) - percussion *Seiko Fujisya, Kisaku Katada, Hiromitsu Katada - taiko (tracks 6 & 8) * Cissy Houston (tracks 1-5), Akiko Kosaka (track 9) - vocals *Eunice Peterson, Rannelle Braxton - backing vocals (track 1) *David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Richard Sortomme - violin (track 4) *Emanuel Vardi, Richard Maximoff - viola (track 4) *Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy - cello (track 4)

Charts

Liner notes

From the liner notes: "Cissy Houston. Only now is she beginning to emerge from her cocoon after so many years with The Drinkard Singers, the Drinkards and the Sweet Inspirations. Cissy...is showcased here like a star-in-waiting."

References

*''Surprises'', Herbie Mann. Atlantic Records SD 1682 (1976) (album cover and liner notes)

External links

''Surprises'' at Allmusic.com
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