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The Common Ground

The Herbie Mann Afro-Jazz Sextet + Four Trumpets

Recorded	Aug 2-3, 1960
Label	Atlantic
Catalog	SD 1343
Released	1960
Personnel	13 credited players
Discogs	master 255998

The record

Four trumpets push against a percussion trio of Barretto, Mantilla, and Olatunji on this 1960 Atlantic session, Mann's flute cutting through the brass. An early signal of the global rhythm sound he'd chase across the decade.

Session personnel

Nabil Totah — bass
Ray Barretto — bongos
Ray Mantilla — congas [conga drums]
Rudy Collins — drums
Herbie Mann — flute [flutes]
Babatunde Olatunji — percussion
Doc Cheatham — trumpet
Jerry Kail — trumpet
Leo Ball — trumpet
Siggy Schatz — trumpet
Johnny Rae — vibraphone [vibraharp], percussion
Dolores Parker — vocals
Maya Angelou — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1960	Atlantic · 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; laminated sleeve
1960	Atlantic — STEREO
1960	Atlantic · 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Atlantic · SD 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1960	Atlantic · 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Black label · laminated sleeve
1965	Atlantic · SMJ-7284 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1966	Belter · 12.074 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Atlantic · SD 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, PR
2003	Atlantic · 81227 3691-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
2004	Collectables · COL-CD-6527 — CD, Album, Reissue
2004	Atlantic · 1343 — CD, Album, Reissue
2013	Atlantic · WPCR-27321 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
—	Atlantic · SD 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	Atlantic · SD 1343 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, PR