Herbie Mann – Reggae (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1974

Reggae is an LP by Herbie Mann from 1974 released on the Atlantic label.

About this album

Reggae shows Herbie Mann leaning fully into crossover territory, pairing his jazz flute with Jamaican rhythms on one of his most accessible 1970s albums. Issued in 1974, the record reflects Mann’s long habit of crossing genre boundaries and turning familiar material into relaxed, melodic jazz-pop. Its version of songs such as Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Rivers of Babylon underlines how reggae’s pulse could be reframed for a broader audience without losing its buoyancy. The album sits within Mann’s commercial peak years, when he was one of the most visible jazz instrumentalists on the pop charts.

Genre: Jazz