The Best of the Atlantic Years
02/05/2002 | Collectables
Lyrics from The Best of the Atlantic Years
All Music Guide Review
The Best of the Atlantic Years isn't a slim volume of hits from Memphis Underground, Push Push, and other top LPs of Herbie Mann's 25-year period at Atlantic. It's actually a 14-disc box set including all of Collectables' two-fer collections (a total of 20 original LPs), most of those being low-profile albums Atlantic had no wish to reissue properly (Memphis Underground and Push Push are two of the releases not present). Ranging from Mann's early-'60s obsession with the bossa nova all the way to his late-'70s flirtations with disco, The Best of the Atlantic Years is a sprawling collection of subpar jazz-pop and crossover. A bare few of the albums have historical interest: 1965's Recorded in Rio de Janeiro features João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, while 1969's Live at the Whisky A-Go-Go sports Mann's crack group of the time (Roy Ayers on vibes, Sonny Sharrock on guitar, Miroslav Vitous on bass) sounding woefully under-utilized grinding out period riffs and light soul-jazz. Whatever your interest in Herbie Mann, it's far better to grab these CDs one at a time than end up saddled with the Love Boat pastiche of 1977's Fire Island. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
The Best of the Atlantic Years Track Listing
Credits of The Best of the Atlantic Years
- Bob Mann
- Guitar
- Arif Mardin
- Arranger, Conductor, Producer
- Rick Marotta
- Drums
- Robin Martinez
- Assistant Engineer
- Richard Maximoff
- Viola
- Kenny Mazur
- Guitar
- Tommy McCook
- Sax (Tenor)
- Hugh McCracken
- Guitar
- Charles McCracken
- Cello
- Jeff Mironov
- Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
- Kermit Moore
- Cello
- Marvin Morgenstern
- Strings
- Ralph Moss
- Engineer
- Jim Mullen
- Guitar
- Munich Studio Choir
- Vocals (Background)
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Flute, Sax (Tenor), Producer
- Armando Noriega
- Arranger, Horn
- George Ockner
- Strings
- Joseph Orange
- Trombone
- Gene Orloff
- Violin
- Sheila Pate
- Vocals
- Gene Paul
- Remixing
- Pedro Paulo
- Trumpet
- Don Payne
- Bass
- Eunice Peterson
- Vocals (Background)
- Raoul Poliakin
- Strings
- Max Pollikoff
- Strings
- Matthew Raimondi
- Violin
- Phil Ramone
- Engineer
- Pat Rebillot
- Organ, Piano (Electric), Producer, Clavinet, Keyboards, Piano, Conductor, Arranger
- Reggie Workman
- Bass
- George Ricci
- Strings
- Richard Wess
- Arranger, Conductor
- Michael Richard
- Drums
- Jerry Rix
- Vocals (Background)
- Claudio Roditi
- Arranger, Flugelhorn, Trombone (Valve)
- Barry Rogers
- Trombone
- Bob Rolontz
- Liner Notes
- Aaron Rosand
- Strings
- Alan Rubin
- Trumpet
- Bill Salter
- Bass
- Dom Salvador
- Piano
- Tosha Samaroff
- Strings
- Israel Sanchez
- Mixing
- Michel Sauvage
- Assistant Engineer
- Allan Schwartzberg
- Drums
- Jeff Schoen
- Keyboards
- Al Schulman
- Strings
- Jocelyn Shaw
- Vocals
- Garry Sherman
- Arranger
- Christie Shire
- Vocals
- Claudio Simonetti
- Arranger, Sequencers, Programming, Arp Omni, Mini Moog
- Jack Six
- Bass
- Norbert Sloley
- Bass
- Richard Sortomme
- Violin
- Joe Spector
- Percussion
- David Spinozza
- Guitar
- Stephan Sulke
- Engineer
- Bill Suyker
- Guitar
- Geraldine Swee
- Percussion
- Burt Szerlip
- Engineer
- Silvio Tancredi
- Guitar, Producer
- Richard Taninbaum
- Drums
- Richard Tee
- Piano (Electric)
- Bruce Tergesen
- Engineer
- Gary Unwin
- Bass
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes
- Conga
- Bobby Warner
- Engineer, Remixing, Re-Editing
- Darryl Washington
- Drums
- Willie Weeks
- Bass (Electric)
- Valerie Wilson
- Vocals
- Christine Wiltshire
- Contractor
- William Wittman
- Engineer
- Winston Wright
- Organ
- Jimmy Young
- Drums
- Jack Zayde
- Strings
- Torrie Zito
- Arranger
- Amahid Ajemian
- Strings, Violin
- Diva Grey
- Vocals
- Arnold McCuller
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Vern Carlson
- Engineer
- Bob Monroe
- Photography
- Emanuel Vardi
- Strings, Viola
- Al Vanderbilt
- Engineer
- Arthur Levy
- Liner Notes
- George T. Simon
- Liner Notes
- Pete Waner
- Vocals
- Venus Dodson
- Vocals
- Moulay Ali Hafid
- Percussion
- Bob Defrin
- Director, Art Direction
- Tamiko Jones
- Vocals
- Joe Shepley
- Horn
- Charlie Collins
- Drums
- Paula Scher
- Art Direction
- Tommy Bridwell
- Keyboards
- Arnold Shaw
- Liner Notes
- Don Brautigam
- Cover Art
- Tommy Nola
- Engineer
- Clifford Carter
- Piano (Electric)
- Haig Adishian
- Design, Cover Design
- Paula Bisacca
- Art Direction, Design
- Marvin Israel
- Design
- Jim Houghton
- Photography
- Loring Eutemey
- Cover Design
- Lee Friedlander
- Cover Photo
- Tim Benedict
- Assistant Engineer
- Jeff Delinko
- Contractor, String Contractor
- George Frazier
- Liner Notes
- Stanley Martucci
- Cover Illustration
- Michael Rudiakov
- Cello
- Jerry Schatzberg
- Cover Photo
- Bobby Thomas, Jr.
- Drums
- Phil Anastasi
- Vocals, Associate Producer
- Arnold Rosenberg
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Wilbur Bascomb, Jr.
- Bass
- Steve Jordan
- Drums
- José Luis Morales Rodriguez
- Mastering
- Shima
- Engineer, Remixing
- Jerry Czember
- Cover Photo
- Talat Halman
- Liner Notes
- Gene Bianca
- Harp
- Jaroslav Jakabovic
- Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
- Nate Adderly Jr.
- Keyboards
- Sylvia Schemwell
- Vocals (Background)
- Akiko Kosaka
- Vocals
- Don Ivan Punchatz
- Cover Painting
- Robert Marashlian
- Percussion
- David Mankowitz
- Strings
- Sylvan Schulman
- Strings
- Karen Tuttle
- Strings
- Larry Browne
- Cover Photo
- Jim Manos
- Cover Art
- Brian McGee
- Assistant Engineer
- Katsuji Abe
- Photography
- Bob Smith
- Horn
- Juquinha
- Drums
- Jackie Jackson
- Bass
- Neal Jason
- Bass
- Jeff Berlin
- Bass
- Hagood Hardy
- Vibraphone
- Paulo Moura
- Sax (Alto)
- Willie Rodriguez
- Percussion
- Nabil Totah
- Bass
- Al Brown
- Strings
- Ray Gomez
- Guitar
- Ralph MacDonald
- Percussion
- Jimmy Maelen
- Percussion
- Bobby Wood
- Piano (Electric)
- David Nadien
- Strings, Violin
- Jimmy Wisner
- Arranger, Piano, Conductor
- Nick Woodland
- Guitar
- Bruni Pagan
- Vocals
- Patrick Adams
- Keyboards
- Gloria Agostini
- Harp
- Gladstone Anderson
- Piano
- Joe Zawinul
- Arranger
- Bob Babbitt
- Bass
- Baden Powell
- Guitar, String Section
- Octavio Bailly, Jr.
- Bass
- Adrian Barber
- Engineer
- Billy Bean
- Guitar
- Willie Bobo
- Drums
- Tony Bongiovi
- Engineer, Remixing
- Rannelle Braxton
- Vocals
- Randy Brecker
- Horn
- Sam T. Brown
- Guitar
- Hux Brown
- Guitar
- Rod Bryan
- Guitar
- Leroy Burgess
- Keyboards
- Clarence Burke
- Guitar
- Sam Burtis
- Trombone
- Danny Cahn
- Horn
- Carmine L. Calabro, Jr.
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Conductor, Clavinet, Vocal Arrangement, Arp Strings
- Bruno Carr
- Drums
- Gene Chrisman
- Drums
- Johnny Christopher
- Guitar
- Cissy Houston
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet
- Selwart Clarke
- Viola
- Judy Clay
- Vocals (Background)
- Leroy Clouden
- Drums
- Tesse Coen
- Conga
- Rudy Collins
- Strings, Drums, Latin Percussion
- Eddie Colon
- Percussion
- John Cooksey
- Keyboards
- Googie Coppola
- Vocals, Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement
- Tom Coppola
- Keyboards, Arp Strings
- Rafael Cruz
- Percussion
- Geoffrey Daking
- Engineer
- Jean R. Dane
- Viola
- Krystal Davis
- Vocals
- George Devens
- Percussion
- Joel Dorn
- Producer
- Jimmy Douglass
- Engineer, Remixing
- Tom Dowd
- Engineer
- Mohamed Eleklad
- Zither
- Bobby Ellis
- Trumpet
- Bobby Emmons
- Organ
- Nesuhi Ertegun
- Producer
- Reggie Ferguson
- Drums, Producer
- Durval Ferreira
- Guitar
- Sammy Figueroa
- Percussion, Conga
- Jerry Friedman
- Guitar
- Fritz Sonnleitner
- Direction
- Steve Gadd
- Drums
- Gerald Tarack
- Violin
- Frank Gravis
- Bass
- Paul Griffin
- Organ, Piano
- Lewis Hahn
- Engineer, Remixing
- Armen Halburian
- Percussion
- Bill Halverson
- Engineer
- Martin Harrison
- Drums
- René Hernández
- Arranger
- Richie Hernandez
- Type Illustration
- Al Izzo
- Drums
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Piano, Arranger, Vocals
- Leo Kahn
- Strings
- Stan Kesler
- Engineer
- Leo Kruczek
- Strings
- Michael Kunze
- Producer
- Will Lee
- Bass
- Mike Leech
- Bass (Electric)
- Phil Lehle
- Engineer
- Silvester Levay
- Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards
- Tony Levin
- Bass
- Jesse Levy
- Cello
- Yvonne Lewis
- Vocals
- Charles Libove
- Strings
- Bob Liftin
- Remixing
- Scott Litt
- Engineer
- Ronald Logan
- Engineer
- Elmer Louis
- Percussion
- Stan Lucas
- Guitar
- Guy Lumia
- Violin
- Zeke Lund
- Engineer
- Sergio Mendes
- Piano
- Ray Barretto
- Percussion
- Byron Lee
- Producer
- Johnny Pacheco
- Percussion
- Whitney Houston
- Vocals (Background)
- Roy Ayers
- Vibraphone
- Michael Brecker
- Horn
- Larry Coryell
- Guitar
- King Curtis
- Sax (Tenor)
- Richard Davis
- Bass
- Sonny Fortune
- Sax (Alto)
- Don Friedman
- Piano
- Melba Liston
- Arranger
- Herbie Mann
- Flute, Arranger, Conductor, Flute (Alto), Flute (Bass), Saxophone, Vocals, Producer, Main Performer
- Oliver Nelson
- Arranger, Conductor
- Jimmy Owens
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Dave Pike
- Arranger
- Julian Priester
- Trombone
- Don Pullen
- Piano
- Sonny Sharrock
- Guitar, Producer
- Lew Soloff
- Trumpet
- Miroslav Vitous
- Bass
- Ray Mantilla
- Percussion
- Steve Marcus
- Sax (Tenor)
- Attila Zoller
- Guitar
- Ernie Royal
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
















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