Mann, Herbie - Big Boss Mann.

Rare/2hand vinyl lp on Columbia 1973.

Columbia CS 1068 made in USA. Vinyl VG++. Cover VG+ (small ringwear)

Herbie Mann played a wide variety of music throughout his career. He became quite popular in the 1960s but in the '70s became so immersed in pop and various types of world music that he seemed lost to jazz. However, Mann never lost his ability to improvise creatively as his later recordings attest. Herbie Mann began on clarinet when he was nine but was soon also playing flute and tenor. After serving in the Army, he was with Mat Mathews's Quintet (1953-54) and then started working and recording as a leader. During 1954-58 Mann stuck mostly to playing bop, sometimes collaborating with such players as Phil Woods, Buddy Collette, Sam Most, Bobby Jaspar and Charlie Rouse. He doubled on cool-toned tenor and was one of the few jazz musicians in the 1950s who recorded on bass clarinet; he also recorded in 1957 a full album (for Savoy) of unaccompanied flute. 

Tracklist.

1. Let's Boom chitty Boom - 3:21 

2. Whet'd i Say - 4:51 

3. Senor Blues - 3:50 

4. Bijou - 3:25 

5. Jungle Fantasy - 4:00 

6. Watermalon Man - 4:05 

7. Interlude - 4:10 

8. The Jive Samba - 5:00 

9. Ave Maria Morena - 4:35 

10. Manteca - 4:35