The Beat Goes On (Herbie Mann album)

The Beat Goes On is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann released on the Atlantic label in 1967.^[1] The album features tracks from seven separate sessions recorded in 1964, 1966 and 1967.

Reception

Allmusic noted "The Beat Goes On is a generally funky, groove-oriented soul-jazz effort with strong Latin leanings. ...Jazz purists hated this release, but let them say what they will – this LP is full of highly infectious grooves and makes a great party album".^[2]

Track listing

"No Matter What Shape" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) – 3:25
"More Rice Than Peas, Please" (Herbie Mann) – 3:30
"Hey Ho" (Herbie Hancock) – 2:45
"The Honeydripper" (Joe Liggins) – 2:45
"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) – 2:50
"Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) – 3:05
"West African High Life" (Mann) – 2:40
"Dream Garden" (Dave Pike) – 4:37
"Soul Montuno" (René Hernández) – 2:58
"Is Paris Burning?" (Maurice Jarre) – 2:37

Recorded in New York City on April 6, 1964 (track 8), May 6, 1964 (track 9), May 8, 1964 (track 7), September 29, 1966 (tracks 6 & 10), December 15, 1966 (track 4), December 16, 1966 (tracks 1–3) and March 16, 1967 (track 5)

Personnel

Musicians

Herbie Mann – flute. alto flute on "Dream Garden" – with various ensembles including:
Clark Terry – trumpet
King Curtis – tenor saxophone
Roy Ayers, Dave Pike – vibraphone
Don Friedman, Jimmy Wisner, Joe Zawinul – piano
Attila Zoller – guitar
Jack Six, Reggie Workman – bass
Bruno Carr, Bobby Thomas – drums
Willie Bobo – timbales
Carlos "Patato" Valdes – congas, percussion
Tamiko Jones – vocals
Gene Orloff, Jimmy Wisner – arranger, conductor

Production

Nesuhi Ertegun – supervisor
Arif Mardin – supervisor
Adrian Barber – recording engineer
Phil Iehle – recording engineer
Tom Dowd – recording engineer
Dick Luppi – cover illustration

References

^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed August 26, 2015
^ a b Henderson, Alex. The Beat Goes On – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 27, 2015.