Great Ideas of Western Mann

1957 studio album by Herbie Mann's Californians

Studio album by

Herbie Mann's Californians

Released

1957

Recorded

July 3, 1957
Los Angeles, California

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:11

Label

Riverside
RLP 12-245

Producer

Orrin Keepnews

Herbie Mann chronology

Yardbird Suite
(1957)

Great Ideas of Western Mann
(1957)

Flute Fraternity
(1957)

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 label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Allmusic 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".^[2]

Track listing

"The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 6:41
"Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 8:58
"Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) - 5:37
"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" (Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner, Gerald Marks) - 5:33
"A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro) - 7:32
"A Stella Performance" (Herbie Mann) - 8:46

Personnel

References

^ Riverside Records discography accessed August 31, 2012
^ ^a ^b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 933. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.