Herbie Mann Plays

Herbie Mann Plays is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label featuring seven tracks originally released on the 10 inch LP East Coast Jazz/4 (1954) along with four tracks which were recorded in 1956. The CD reissue added three alternate takes.

Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "This set is a good example of Herbie Mann's early style before he started exploring various types of world musics".

Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated
 * 1) "Chicken Little" - 3:00
 * 2) "Cuban Love Song" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart) - 3:16
 * 3) "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:15
 * 4) "Deep Night" (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée) - 3:40
 * 5) "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:05
 * 6) "After Work" - 4:07
 * 7) "Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer) - 3:29
 * 8) "A Spring Morning" - 2:45
 * 9) "Scuffles" - 2:57
 * 10) "The Purple Grotto" - 2:44
 * 11) "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 2:43
 * 12) "A Spring Morning" [alternate take] - 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 13) "The Purple Grotto" [alternate take] - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 14) "Chicken Little" [alternate take] - 3:11 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

 * Herbie Mann - flute
 * Joe Puma (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9), Benny Weeks (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14) - guitar
 * Keith Hodgson (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14), Whitey Mitchell (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9) - bass
 * Lee Rockey (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10-14), Herb Wasserman (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9) - drums