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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 Herbie Mann
Released	1970
Recorded	December 9, 10 & 11, 1969
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Crossover jazz, Soul jazz
Label	Embryo
Producer	Tom Dowd
Herbie Mann chronology
Stone Flute (1970) Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1970) Memphis Two-Step (1970)

Track listing

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

"Come Together"

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Roy Ayers - vibes
• Eddie Hinton - guitar
• Barry Beckett - piano
• David Hood & Miroslav Vitouš - bass
• Roger Hawkins & Bruno Carr - drums

"Panama Red's Panama Hat”

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

Other selections

• 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"

• As above, with Jimmy Johnson - guitar

"Blind Willy"

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

Production

• Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• Jimmy Johnson & Marlin Green - Recording engineers
• Tom Dowd - Producer

Charting

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

See also

• Herbie Mann discography

References

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

External links

• Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty at Allmusic.com

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