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Surprises (Herbie Mann album)

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Reception
Track listing
Personnel
Charting
Liner notes
See also
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Surprises
| type = studio
| artist = Herbie Mann
| cover = Surprises Herbie Mann featuring Cissy Houston album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = 1973-76
Dynamic Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, Mori Studios in Tokyo, Japan, Media Sound Studios in NYC and Atlantic Recording Studios in NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz fusion, rhythm and blues
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=44}}
| label = Atlantic
SD 1682
| producer = Herbie Mann
| prev_title = Waterbed
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Reggae II
| next_year = 1976
}}Surprises is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring singer Cissy Houston which was released on the Atlantic label in 1976.^[1]

Reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}^[2]
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}^[2]
}}

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

"Draw Your Breaks" (Derrick Harriott, David Scott) - 4:50
"Cajun Moon" (JJ Cale) - 6:17
"Creepin" (Stevie Wonder) - 5:00
"Easter Rising" (Pat Rebillot, Pat Kirby) - 4:40
"Asa Branca" (Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Texeira, Luís Oliveira) - 3:55
"The Sound of Windwood" - 2:34
"Cricket Dance" - 4:17
"The Butterfly in a Stone Garden" - 5:19
"Anata (I Wish You Were Here with Me)" (Akiko Kosaka) - 3:07

Personnel

Herbie Mann - flute
Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi (track 6)
Yosei Sato - shō (tracks 6 & 8)
David Newman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
Pat Rebillot - keyboards
Gladstone Anderson - piano (track 1)
Winston Wright - organ (track 1)
Hux Brown (track 1), Sam Brown (track 6), Rod Bryan (track 1), Jerry Friedman (tracks 2-4, 7 & 9), Bob Mann (track 3-5, 7 & 8), Hugh McCracken (track 2), Jeff Mironov (track 5) - guitar
Eriko Kuramoto, Harumi Nakamura, Kazuko Tsubamoto - koto (tracks 6 & 8)
Somei Sasaki - shamisen (tracks 6 & 8)
Bob Babbitt (track 4), Jackie Jackson (track 1) Tony Levin (tracks 2, 3 & 5-9) - bass
Steve Gadd (tracks 2, 3 & 6-9), Rick Marotta (tracks 4 & 5), Michael Richard (track 1) - drums
Rafael Cruz (track 5), Sammy Figueroa (track 5), Armen Halburian (tracks 2-9), Ralph MacDonald (tracks 2 & 3) - percussion
Seiko Fujisya, Kisuku Katada, Hiromitsu Katada - taiko (tracks 6 & 8)
Cissy Houston (tracks 1-5), Akiko Kosaka (track 9) - vocals
Eunice Peterson, Rannelle Braxton - backing vocals (track 1)
David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Richard Sortomme - violin (track 4)
Emanuel Vardi, Richard Maximoff - viola (track 4)
Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy - cello (track 4)

Charting

The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart, #56 on the Billboard R&B Album chart, and #178 on the Billboard 200.

Liner notes

From the liner notes: "Cissy Houston. Only now is she beginning to emerge from her cocoon after so many years with the Drinkards and the Sweet Inspirations. Cissy...is showcased here like a star-in-waiting."

References

1. ^Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 1, 2015
2. ^{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 130}}
3. ^¹Allmusic listing accessed September 1, 2015

Surprises, Herbie Mann. Atlantic Records SD 1682 (1976) (album cover and liner notes)

External links

Surprises at Allmusic.com

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