Herbie Mann Monday Night At The Village Gate CD

'Monday Night At The Village Gate', recorded in 1966, features jazz piano legend Chick Corea. Reissue, 5 tracks. Standard jewelcase. 2001 release.

Personnel: Herbie Mann (flute); John Hitchcock, Mark Weinstein (trombone); Dave Pike (vibraphone); Chick Corea (piano); Earl May (bass); Bruno Carr (drums); Carlos "Patato" Valdes (congas).
Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Art D'Lugoff.
Personnel: Herbie Mann (flute); Herbie Mann; John Hitchcock, John Hitchcock (trombone); Earl May (bass instrument); Mark Weinstein (trombone); Chick Corea (piano); Dave Pike (vibraphone); Carlos "Patato" Valdes (drums, congas); Bruno Carr (drums).
Recording information: The Village Gate, NY (05/24/1961).
Arranger: Oliver Nelson.
Five years on from his career-defining live set AT THE VILLAGE GATE, flautist Herbie Mann returned to that Greenwich Village venue to record a follow-up with a different lineup--now featuring future superstar Chick Corea on piano--and a subtly different sound. Mann's music was still based on the Latin jazz that he had spent years exploring, but rather than the frenetic beats of Afro-Cuban music or samba, the rhythmic pulse of these five tracks is decidedly more laid-back. On the centerpiece eight-minute rendition of the gospel standard "Motherless Child," the vibe is straight-up soul jazz, complete with some bluesy comping by Corea and a long, mellow flute solo by Mann. The rest of the album picks up the tempo, most notably on Arif Mardin's "The Young Turks," but there's still a looser, more flexible sense of rhythm on MONDAY NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE GATE than on its better-known predecessor, one that hints at the full-on fusion of Mann's later career.