Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty

Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty is a 1970 album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann. It was released on Mann's Embryo Records label, and distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of Atlantic Records.

Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedDecember 9, 10 & 11, 1969
StudioMuscle Shoals, Sheffield
GenreCrossover jazz, Soul jazz
LabelEmbryo
ProducerTom Dowd
Herbie Mann chronology
Stone Flute
(1970)
Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
(1970)
Memphis Two-Step
(1970)

Track listing

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Side One

  1. "Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty" (Mann) (6:47)
  2. "Claudia Pie" (Mann) (4:38)
  3. "Can You Dig It" (Ed Birdsong) (5:51)

Side Two

  1. "Blind Willy" (Sonny Sharrock) (4:47)
  2. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (10:00)
  3. "Panama Red's Panama Hat" (Mann) (5:11)

Personnel

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"Come Together"

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"Panama Red's Panama Hat”

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  • As above, with Eddie Hinton - bottleneck guitar, Jimmy Johnson (also engineer) added on guitar

Other selections

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  • Herbie Mann - flute
  • Richard Waters - drums
  • Andrew Love & Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson - trumpet
  • Roy Ayers - vibes
  • Eddie Hinton - guitar
  • Barry Beckett - piano
  • David Hood - bass
  • Roger Hawkins - drums

"Can You Dig It"

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  • As above, with Jimmy Johnson - guitar

"Blind Willy"

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  • As above, with Roger Hawkins on Jews harp, replaced by Bruno Carr on drums
  • Album photography - Joel Brodsky
  • Album design - Haig Adishian
 
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Production

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Charting

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The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart.

See also

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References

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  • Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty, Herbie Mann. Embryo Records SD 526 (1970) (liner notes)
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